ELECTION RESULTS; Presidential voting flap dooms pension legislation in 2000.

Pensions & Investments, November, 2000 by Anand, Vineeta

WASHINGTON - Forget about pension legislation being enacted this year. While the Nov. 7 elections resulted in the passage of retirement-related ballot measures in Kansas and Alabama, the stalemate over the presidential election seems likely to kill any chances for federal pension legislation in 2000.

Granted, lawmakers returning to Washington Nov. 13 to finish working on federal spending bills could piggyback the big Republican tax bill - which includes a huge pension package - onto them. Republican lawmakers initially had hoped to send the legislation to the White House for President Clinton's signature before the end of the session. But now, with the outcome of the Nov. 7 election still up in the air, the Republican majority may be less inclined to make...

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