Today in the District: Retired Federal Employees Assoc.

The Arkansas House convenes this morning to select the House speaker for the 87th General Assembly. Rep. Robbie Wills of Conway is the only candidate on the ballot.

I voted absentee last week so that I can speak to the Texarkana Retired Federal Employees Association this morning. I haven't addressed this group in three years, and I'm looking forward to visiting with them again. Of course, they're much more interested in federal legislation, but a lot of changes have taken place in the last three years locally, including the implementation of the Streamlined Sales Tax, so it ought to be a lively event. If you're interested, here are some recent bills they've supported at the federal level:

S. 773: Extend the Premium Conversion Tax Benefit (Warner)
S. 206: Repeal the Government Pension Offset & Windfall Elimination (Feinstein)
H.R. 1110: Extend the Premium Conversion Tax Benefit (Davis)
H.R. 82: Repeal the Government Pension Offset & Windfall Elimination (Berman)