Anonymous ID: fd89de March 14, 2020, 7:52 p.m. No.8420224   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0261 >>0342 >>0499 >>0575 >>0715 >>0723

Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina introduced a bill on Thursday to keep lawmakers who have been convicted of felonies from receiving pensions

 

The bill follows the guilty plea from California Representative Duncan Hunter earlier this year. Media reports indicated that he would probably still receive retirement benefits from his time serving in Congress, including a sizable pension.

 

Tillis noted that the system is broken because Hunter was able to delay his resignation date so he could qualify for another year of eligibility for his congressional pension. According to The Hill, the bill would apply to lawmakers who either plead guilty to a felony committed while they were in office or are convicted of a felony while in office. The bill would also amend ethics rules to make misusing campaign funds a crime that keeps lawmakers from being eligible to collect their pensions.

 

March 13, 2020 Update:Posted By: Michelle Jones Mar 13, 2020, 11:03 am https://www.valuewalk.com/pensions/

Anonymous ID: fd89de March 14, 2020, 8:31 p.m. No.8420585   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0715 >>0723

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S.3459 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits to Members of Congress convicted of a felony.

Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thom [R-NC]

(Introduced 03/12/2020)

Cosponsors: (0) Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Latest Action: Senate - 03/12/2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)

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