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Pushing for larger pension contributions and greater retirement incentives, the members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) tackled the ever-sensitive issue of retirement benefits at yesterday's monthly meeting...
...retirement subcommittee recommended an increase in pension contributions for faculty under age 40 and cost-of-living adjustments for older faculty retirees...
...background is the foundation of his politics: his father died in a steel-mill accident and his grandfather in a mining accident, so he knows first-hand the rough life of industrial workers in his district. He has vowed to work for their security--health care, jobs, portable pension plans--but has achieved his greatest visibility calling for a safer radar system at Pittsburgh International and other U.S. airports...
...Democrat-dominated government resulting from a Clinton win and a Congress led by Democrats--whether by retaking the House, or the Senate, or both--would allow House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt to pursue his Families First agenda, which calls for expanded health insurance for children, greater pension security and increased aid to education. Whether a re-elected Clinton would support those measures, however, is uncertain. Least likely is the combination of a Dole presidency and a Democrat-led Congress--an outcome that could render Dole's entire agenda, from tax cuts to shrinking government, dead on arrival on Capitol Hill...
...antique-book collector who has served in the state Senate since 1987, Coffin showed his independent streak by casting one of the few votes against a proposed 300% pension increase for state legislators in 1989. Though the 1990 redistricting should have helped Democrats, Coffin has lagged far behind Republican incumbent John Ensign in fund raising...