Senate Dems warm to House pension fix
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The Senate is likely to embrace a House-passed bill to restore cuts to military pensions that at first received a tepid reaction in the upper chamber, senior Democratic aides said Tuesday evening. Senate Democrats balked earlier in the day at the prospect of having to find a funding offset for their a plan to undo a cut to pension cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees. But as a snowstorm bears down on Washington and Congress prepares for a long Presidents Day recess, Democrats are warming to the Houses pension plan, which would offset its $7 billion cost by extending for a year the impact of sequestration on mandatory Medicare spending.
The Senate could vote on the House-passed bill as soon as Wednesday. There is support among a number of Senate Democrats to take up and pass the House-passed COLA fix as soon as tomorrow, a senior Democratic aide said Tuesday evening. With no other passable options on the horizon, there is a realization that veterans shouldnt be asked to wait any longer and an expectation that bipartisan support should coalesce in the coming hours.
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