LEGISLATIVE & PAH UPDATE

Tennessee Convention – April 2012

• Legislation

• Past• Future

• Media• Field• Online• Questions

Agenda

What has happened so far

2011

• Debt Ceiling Agreement

• Supercommittee

• Payroll Tax Holiday

2011 2011

• Congress must find $1.2 Trillion in savings OR “sequestration” in January 2013

• Creates the “Supercommittee”

• Supercommittee can not come up with bi-partisan agreement

Debt Ceiling Agreement/Supercommittee

• Proposal to extend holiday one more year• Federal employee offsets of $45 billion

– Increased contributions– High 3 to High 5– Eliminate FERS Supplement– Change the formula for retirment– Extend pay freeze– PASSED TEMPORARY EXTENSION

Payroll Tax Holiday

February 2012•$15 billion in savings over 10 years from federal community•NEW HIRES

– Pay 2.3% more towards retirement (3.1% total FERS)

Payroll Tax Holiday (Part II)

• 3 options (by June 30)1) House passes Senate Bill2) House passes 4-5 year bill with Federal employee offsets – conferenceWith Senate3) House and Senate pass extensionsUntil after Election

Highway Bill (Part II)

Highway Bill

• Senate passed 18 month bill With “phased retirement” offset(NARFE supports concept)

• House couldn’t pass their bill With Federal employee offsets

House and Senate pass 90 day extension – June 30

Remainder of 2012

• Federal Community– $368 billion in savings over 10 years

• Extend pay freeze through 2015• Require employees to pay more towards retirement• Reduces federal workforce by 10%

– Senate unlikely to take up and/or pass

Ryan Budget

• Senate Bill– FECA provisions

• Reduce workers benefits by 25-33% at retirement age• Akaka will have amendment to strike or replace with

HR 2465, a NARFE-supported bi-partisan bill

– FEHBP• Removes postal workers from FEHBP

– House bill – receivership

Postal Reform

Appropriations

• Go to the floor in June (12 subcommittees)– Potential to extend pay freeze

– House and Senate “caps” are different – vastly different measures/agreements

– Labor/HHS bill

– Chance for government shutdown in October

Appropriations

Appropriations

• Takes effect January 2013• 50% from Pentagon; 50% non-defense• Congress must cut $1.2 trillion OR cuts take

place• Lame Duck

Sequestration

Appropriations

• Sequestration• Bush Tax Cuts• Payroll Tax Holiday• Doc Fix• Farm and Energy Subsidies

Lame Duck Session

PAH CampaignMedia

200+ articles, reaching 200+ Million

Defending federal workers…

Becoming the go-to source…

“This is a kill-two-birds-with-one-stone kind of proposal that would both bring down Medicare as we know it and threaten the stability of the FEHBP.”--Joseph Beaudoin

Earning a wide range of press…

“Chairman Ryan's belief that it is permissible to penalize middle-class federal workers, who protect Americans and keep our nation moving forward, is frightening.”--Joseph Beaudoin

Getting creative to make news…

“2 out of 3 American federal workers protect our nation’s Defense, Veterans and Security.”--NARFE

Giving a face to federal workers…

PAH CampaignField

action online…

Resources & training

Many letters to the editor…

Over 20,000calls made toCongress andthe White House

National “Call In” Day

NARFE member engagement

• 277,000+ letters to elected officials sent

• 66,000+ NARFE members sent letters

• 30,000+ phone calls to Congress since Thanksgiving 2011

Engaging Partners

January 21, 2011

Advertising Update

Posters – Subway, Buses

PAH posters are availableon the NARFE website

Questions?