US - The proposed Deficit Reduction Act would ease the financial burden on the Pension benefit Gauranty Corp by enforcing a fee on companies that dump their pensions on the debt-ridden agency.
The House of Representatives narrowly passed the conference agreement on the Deficit Reduction Act with a vote of 212-206, which would achieve net savings of nearly US$40bn in mandatory spending. ...
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