VOTE ISSUES NOT PARTY

The question is who does support the RETIREE or for that matter the EMPLOYEE?

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is holding up the Senate vote on a NARFE supported federal civil service amendment to an unrelated Tobacco regulatory bill (H.R. 1256). Consideration of the amendment has been blocked on procedural grounds by Senator John McCain. Senator McCain is insisting on a vote on his amendment regarding the re-importation of prescription drugs from foreign countries before he'll let the civil service retirement improvements move forward.

The Civil Service amendment, offered by Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME), would allow federal agencies to re-employ federal retirees on a limited, part-time basis without offset of annuity. The same amendment would also enable Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) workers to credit their unused sick leave toward retirement.

What is good for the any one group of Federal Employees Active or Retired is good for all of us.