http://www.campaignmoney.org/taxonomy/term/305/0 en http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/20/boehner-backs-wall-street-donors-in-pension-bill <p>Take one House majority leader, add more than $870,000 in campaign contributions from the securities and investment industry, and what kind of pension reform legislation do you get? </p> <p>One that, in the words of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/business/19pension.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1" target="_self"><em>The New York Times</em></a>, &ldquo;rather than strengthening the pension system, would actually weaken it, according to a little-noticed analysis by the government&rsquo;s pension agency&hellip; The agency&rsquo;s report projects that the House and Senate bills would lower corporate contributions to the already underfinanced pension system by $140 billion to $160 billion in the next three years.&rdquo; </p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/20/boehner-backs-wall-street-donors-in-pension-bill">read more</a></p> http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/20/boehner-backs-wall-street-donors-in-pension-bill#comment airlines Boehner pension securities and investment Wall Street Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:32:06 +0000 Nancy Watzman 5179 at http://www.campaignmoney.org