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Retirement plan for U.S. federal government employees and uniformed service members
Members of Congress can and do receive both a congressional retirement benefit and Social Security, but how those payments interact depends on which retirement system a member was in (CSRS, CSRS offse...
In 2025, ICE and Border Patrol agents receive a mix of cash incentives and standard federal employee benefits beyond base pay, including for certain roles; these incentives are tied to a high-profile ...
Congressional pensions are calculated from a member’s high‑3 average salary, years of service, and an accrual rate that depends on which retirement system and hire date apply; for most modern members ...
Members of Congress covered by FERS receive a basic annuity calculated from three elements: their "high‑3" average salary, years of creditable service, and a statutory multiplier (generally 1% or 1.1%...
Members of Congress participate in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) which, in addition to Social Security and Medicare, provides a , access to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) with agency c...
Members of Congress vest in a retirement benefit after five years of service and, under current rules, are generally eligible for a pension at age 62 with at least five years’ service, at age 50 with ...
Members of Congress become vested after five years of service and can qualify for a federal pension under different rules depending on whether they are covered by the older Civil Service Retirement Sy...
House Republicans have proposed hundreds of policy riders across 2025 appropriations drafts that range from social policy rollbacks to budget and border-security measures; many are described as unrela...
ICE agents’ total compensation in 2025 combines base salary with a substantial suite of that mirror standard federal employment packages: health, dental, vision, life, long-term care insurance, paid l...
A government shutdown directly affects congressional staff by forcing offices to designate employees as who continue working without immediate pay or to furlough others who are placed on unpaid leave ...
There is no figure in the cited reporting that states the average age at which ICE law‑enforcement officers actually retire; the sources describe statutory retirement rules and eligibility (for exampl...
A Member of the House generally receives retirement benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) if they were first covered by FERS, while a small cohort of long-serving Members remai...
Short-term or part-time congressional staff are served primarily by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), and Social Security; each has different vesting rules...
The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) combines a defined benefit annuity, Social Security, and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), producing a hybrid package that typically offers more predictable...
ICE recruits hired after 2013 generally enter the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) with law‑enforcement special retirement provisions—meaning earlier retirement eligibility (for example, aft...
Congressional retirement under FERS differs from standard federal rules in benefits, eligibility ages and contribution rates; CRS data show 358 retired Members had FERS-based pensions averaging $45,27...
Marjorie Taylor Greene will have completed just over five years of House service when her resignation takes effect—she was sworn in Jan. 3, 2021, and is leaving Jan. 5, 2026—meeting the five‑year vest...
Retirees on the military retired list and former civilians drawing federal pensions live under different statutory schemes: military retired pay is governed by DoD and Title 10 rules while civilian an...
Members of Congress covered by FERS receive a three-part retirement package—FERS basic annuity (a congressional pension), Social Security, and the Thrift Savings Plan—and so can collect a FERS pension...
Members of Congress generally vest in a lifetime federal pension after five years of service under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS); that five‑year minimum is repeatedly cited in reporti...