CQ is reporting the R's are attaching on more horrible bullshit meant only to encourage businesses to banish pensions on the SS bill. They know no bounds.
Pension Overhaul Likely to Be Part of Social Security Package
Two House committee chairmen today introduced a private pension overhaul bill that they said will likely be rolled into sweeping retirement legislation that includes a Social Security overhaul.
"Instead of having three highly charged partisan fights, we will only have one," said California Republican Bill Thomas, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.
Thomas and Education and the Workforce Chairman John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, introduced a bill that would increase the premiums companies are required to pay the federal government to insure employee retirement plans, and would adjust the amount companies must contribute to their own plans.
Both chairmen said Congress must deal with the entirety of retirement issues, not separate pieces.
They promised what Thomas called a "completely coordinated effort" to address the retirement security of Americans. "That's what this government should be doing," he said.
Boehner said he hopes to move the bill through his committee this month.