Greg Lynch

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Greg Lynch |Jamie Dupree

May 22—A proposal to change retirement benefits for federal employees was not included in the federal budget plan that narrowly passed the U.S. House this morning. U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, had threatened to vote against the GOP budget proposal if cuts to federal retirement benefits was included.

2 weeks ago | journal-news.com | Greg Lynch |Jamie Dupree

RELATED: Federal retirement benefits could change under proposed bill: We explain the differencesA revised House plan, however, stripped out a GOP requirement for higher contributions by federal employees to their retirement. Also removed was a plan to calculate retirement benefits by using the highest five years of a federal worker’s salary. That will remain at the highest three years of pay. Turner voted in support of the amended GOP budget bill, which passed 215-214 with opposition from Rep.