Lawmaker hopes Trump can kill congressional pensions

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Members of Congress could lose their federal pensions, if a lonely House Republican gets his way and gets an assist from President-elect Trump.

Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., introduced the EPIC Act — Ending Pensions in Congress —with the ambitious goal of passing the bill as early as next month. The Florida Republican hopes that the current anti-Washington mood, and the results of the presidential election, could grease the skids for the bill’s passage.

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