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New law lets some pension plans cut promised benefits [1]

Michelle Singletary
The Washington Post
December 19, 2014
View the original piece [2]

For some retirees, Congress has played the Grinch this holiday season.

Tucked into the federal spending bill were provisions that will allow certain struggling multi-employer pension plans to reduce benefits already being received by retirees.

Click here [2] to read more at The Washington Post.

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Pension and Benefits [3]

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[2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/get-there/federal-spending-bill-included-provisions-for-troubled-pension-plans-to-slash-benefits/2014/12/18/3c5b90da-847e-11e4-b9b7-b8632ae73d25_story.html
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