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Teachers unions are corrupt and powerful, and they provide millions of dollars to equally corrupt politicians so that they'll do everything in their power to keep families from accessing the educational alternatives they desperately desire. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Education

In 2018, lawmakers should do something completely different to improve education

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In mid-December, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed legislation that would create a new Treasury Department agency called the Pension Rehabilitation Administration that would provide 30-year loans at low interest rates to shore up failing pension plans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Economy

Democrats hope to undo bipartisan 2014 fix for troubled pension plans

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Republicans, who failed again in the Senate to replace Obamacare last week, said Democrats won't admit that the law is failing while Democrats say Republicans want to take away healthcare from millions of people. But beyond Obamacare as a whole, the two parties do agree on many healthcare issues and have forged bipartisan consensus. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Beltway Confidential

Members of Congress who resign for sexual harassment are still eligible for generous pensions

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News

Democrats push to add pension fix to spending bill

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Beltway Confidential

California is putting retirees at risk with social justice pension investments

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The crisis was so severe that raising the premiums would not solve the problem and may even make it worse, the director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation told Congress. (@EdWorkforce/Twitter)
Economy

Pension premiums ‘too low for too long,’ government monitor says

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's multiemployer pension program protects 10 million workers and retirees in about 1,400 plans, but those plans have been troubled for years. (iStock)
Economy

Multiemployer pension plans in ‘dire’ shape, government monitor says

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The bill, from Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., would cap the pensions of former presidents at $200,000, just a bit lower than the $205,000 they receive today. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
News

House will vote next week to cap perks for former presidents

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Former Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., walks from the federal courthouse after his sentencing hearing in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Fattah was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for misspending government grants and charity money to fund his campaign and personal expenses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Beltway Confidential

A loophole is giving convicted corrupt members of Congress generous pensions

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers representing coal states renewed a push Tuesday to shore up pensions for thousands of miners whose companies went bankrupt. The group, led by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., introduced a bill that would use excess funds from the Abandoned Mine Land Fund, meant for mine cleanups, and borrow Treasury Department money to pay for retired miners' pensions each year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Energy and Environment

Coal-state lawmakers introduce bill to shore up pensions for miners

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