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Congressional Double Dippers Club Report 2014 Hall of Shame Awards The Mega-­‐Rich Dipper Rep. Scott Peters Rep. Scott Peters is a multi-­‐millionaire and the 6th wealthiest member of Congress. Despite the fact that the City of San Diego’s Pension System is billions in debt, Peters took his pension early – and has received over $100,000 since he turned 50. The Big Dipper Rep. Joyce Beatty Rep. Joyce Beatty gets the award for receiving the most in taxpayer salary and pension -­‐ taking a whopping $427,000 from the taxpayers, which is more than the President of the United States. The Triple Dipper Rep. John Garamendi Rep. John Garamendi gets the award for receiving his salary and multiple government pensions all at the same time. Garamendi’s multiple government pensions tally up to over $88,800 a year. It’s hard to be a double-­‐dipper, but even harder to be a triple and quadruple dipper! 2014 Congressional “Double Dippers” Report
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What is a “Double-­‐Dipper”? Double Dippers: government employees who draw a paycheck from the taxpayers at the same time they draw a government pension. Members of Congress receive $174,000 a year from the taxpayers, but 102 of them also take a second taxpayer-­‐
funded allowance in the form of a government pension.1 Double dipping forces taxpayers to pay twice – once for their pensions, another for their salaries. The extra cost – effectively a double payout for politicians, is particularly egregious given how generous their salaries already are. “It’s wrong,” says Carl DeMaio. “A pension system is intended to support you at a time you are no longer working. When you are a Member of Congress and already making a lavish salary, you should not be able to tap into both.” Who is Double Dipping? Over one hundred other Members of Congress currently double-­‐dip at taxpayer expense. Some of the double dippers are particularly egregious and have made it into the Hall of Shame. For example, Rep. Joyce Beatty is a double dipping and now makes more money than the President – taking in a whopping $427,000! Rep. Scott Peters is also an egregious example of double dipping. Scott Peters is a multi-­‐millionaire who ranks as the 6th richest Member of Congress. Not content with his millions, Scott Peters opted to take a government pension early – and has received over $100,000 since he turned 50. These so-­‐called double-­‐dippers are both Republicans and Democrats, Senators and Congressman, and many are in positions of leadership. The only commonality is their desire to help themselves to as much taxpayer money as possible. 1
For the purpose of this report, we excluded any pension derived from military service.
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Why is Double Dipping Wrong? No one should get rich off public service – and Members of Congress are already well paid and should not be padding their earnings at taxpayers’ expense. The fact that most government pension systems are in severe financial distress raises an additional problem with the practice of double dipping. For example, Rep. Scott Peters was a member of the San Diego City Council responsible for the city becoming known as “Enron by the Sea” largely for his decision to spike pensions while illegally underfunding the city pension system. Members of Congress like Scott Peters who double-­‐dip on these government pensions only deepen the structural problems these pension systems face. “If fleecing the taxpayer twice wasn’t bad enough, politicians like Scott Peters are drawing from pensions already under-­‐funded to the tune of trillions of dollars -­‐ money the public eventually will have to make up.” – Carl DeMaio 2014 Congressional “Double Dippers” Report
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Carl DeMaio’s Plan to End Double-­‐Dipping By Members of Congress: Carl DeMaio authored the landmark San Diego Pension Reform Initiative and successfully led the campaign to implement his ambitious reform package. Now DeMaio is proposing to take Pension Reform to the national level – starting with major reforms to the pensions received by Members of Congress. Step 1: End the Congressional Double Dippers Club DeMaio’s plan would deduct the amount of any government pension from the regular salary of a Member of Congress. This would ensure that no Member of Congress is paid twice from the taxpayer. Step 2: Scrap Congressional Pensions DeMaio also proposes to eliminate the lavish Congressional Pension Program and replace it with Social Security and a 401(k) contribution benchmarked to the average contribution received by workers in each Member’s district. “I’m running to reform Congress because I believe that elected officials entrusted with taxpayer dollars should be safeguarding those funds rather than personally enriching themselves.” – Carl DeMaio 2014 Congressional “Double Dippers” Report
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THE LIST OF DOUBLE DIPPERS 102 Members of Congress Who Are Double-­‐Dipping At Taxpayers’ Expense Barber, Ron
D
Arizona-02
$48,942
Beatty, Joyce
D
Ohio-03
$253,323
Bishop, Rob
Bishop, Sanford
R
D
Utah-01
Georgia-02
$29,276
$6,397
Blackburn,
Marsha
Blumenauer, Earl
R
Tennessee-07
$4,299
D
Oregon-03
$37,884
Blumenthal,
Richard
Blunt, Roy
Boxer, Barbara
D
$47,080
R
D
Connecticut
Senate
Missouri Senate
California Senate
Brady, Robert A
D
Pennsylvania-01
$8,727
Butterfield, G K
Capps, Lois
Cardin, Ben
Carper, Tom
D
D
D
D
North Carolina-01
California-24
Maryland Senate
Delaware Senate
$55,331
$68,768
$5,627
$33,986
Carter, John
Clay, William L
Jr
Cleaver,
Emanuel
Clyburn, James
R
D
Texas-31
Missouri-01
$76,459
$21,090
D
Missouri-05
$21,976
State of North Carolina
Multiple
State of Maryland
Delaware Pension Defined Benefit
Plan
Texas Judicial Retirement System
Missouri State Employees
Retirement Sys
Kansas City, MO Pension Plan
D
South Carolina-06
$54,834
South Carolina Retirement System
$36,721
$4,445
Arizona Retired System Defined
Benefit
Ohio Public Employees
Retirement System
Utah State Retirement System
Georgia Legislative Retirement
System
Tennessee Legislative Pension
Oregon Public Employee
Retirement System
Connecticut Retirement Division
State of Missouri
Marin County Employees
Retirement Assoc
City of Philadelphia, PA
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E
Coffman, Mike
Cohen, Steve
R
D
Colorado-06
Tennessee-09
$55,547
$23,129
State of Colorado
Tennessee Legislative Pension
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
State of Florida
Texas Employees Retirement
System
Texas Retirement Annuity
Maryland State Employees
Pension Plan
Pennsylvania Employee
Retirement System
Multiple
County of San Mateo, CA
Cook, Paul
Cornyn, John
Costa, Jim
Crenshaw, Ander
Cuellar, Henry
R
R
D
R
D
California-08
Texas Senate
California-16
Florida-04
Texas-28
$40,695
$65,383
$11,205
$13,168
$38,563
Culberson, John
Cummings, Elijah
E
Dent, Charlie
R
D
Texas-07
Maryland=07
$26,984
$15,950
R
Pennsylvania-15
$16,439
Enyart, William
Eshoo, Anna
D
D
Illinois-12
California-18
$9,489
$11,728
Farr, Sam
D
California-20
$19,280
Fattah, Chaka
D
Pennsylvania-02
$4,586
Feinstein,
Dianne
Frankel, Lois J
Fudge, Marcia
L
Garamendi,
John
Gerlach, Jim
D
California Senate
$54,925
D
D
Florida-22
Ohio-11
$10,947
$48,000
D
California-03
$88,800
R
Pennsylvania-06
$15,400
Gowdy, Trey
R
South Carolina-04
$7,173
Green, Al
Green, Gene
D
D
Texas-09
Texas-29
$96,948
$51,862
Hall, Ralph M
Hanabusa, Colleen
R
D
Texas-04
Hawaii-01
$65,748
$22,158
California Public Empl Retirement
System
Pennsylvania Employee
Retirement System
City & County of San Francisco,
CA
State of Florida
Ohio Public Employees'
Retirement System
Multiple
Pennsylvania Employee
Retirement System
SC Judges-Solicitors Retirement
System
Texas State County & Retirement
Texas Employees Retirement
System
Texas Legislative Pension
State of Hawaii
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Hastings, Doc
R
Washington04
Hawaii
Senate
California-17
Maryland-05
$2,469
Washington Pension
Hirono, Mazie K
D
$46,556
$8,019
D
Georgia
Senate
Texas-30
Hawaii Employees Retirement
System
Multiple
Maryland State Retirement
Agency
Georgia Legislative Retirement
System
Texas Legislative Pension
Honda, Mike
Hoyer, Steny H
D
D
Isakson, Johnny
R
Johnson, Eddie
Bernice
Johnson, Hank
Joyce, David P
D
R
Georgia-04
Ohio-14
$11,000
$60,000
Dekalb County, GA
Ohio Public Employee Retirement
System
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Genesee County
Maine Public Employees
Retirement System
New York State Employee
Retirement Sys
State of New Jersey
Louisiana State Employees
Retirement Sys
California Public Employee
Retirement System
New York State & Local
Retirement
State of Missouri
$50,014
$20,481
$35,000
Keating, Bill
Kildee, Dan
King, Angus
D Massachusetts-09
D Michigan-05
I Maine Senate
$110,743
$53,716
$30,488
King, Pete
R New York-02
$39,000
Lance, Leonard
Landrieu, Mary
L
Lowenthal,
Alan
Lowey, Nita M
R New Jersey-07
D Louisiana Senate
D California-47
$23,544
$15,000 $50,000
$46,941
D New York-17
$10,302
Luetkemeyer,
Blaine
Manchin, Joe
R Missouri-03
$12,600
D West Virginia
Senate
$48,282
West Virginia Public Employee
Retirement System
$36,000
$40,031
Texas Legislative Pension
Missouri Defined Benefit Plan
$9,579
$5,729
Multiple
Washington Dept of Retirement
Systems
Marchant, Kenny
McCaskill, Claire
McClintock, Tom
McDermott, Jim
R Texas-24
D Missouri
Senate
R California-04
D Washington07
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Moore, Gwen
Nadler, Jerrold
D Wisconsin-04
D New York-10
$13,628
$20,383
Napolitano, Grace
D California-32
$6,356
Neal, Richard E
D Massachusett01
D California-35
$19,578
Negrete-McLeod,
Gloria
Nelson, Bill
Nolan, Rick
Nugent,
Richard
Pascrell, Bill Jr
Pastor, Ed
$3,348
Wisconsin Legislative Pension
New York State Employee
Retirement Sys
California Public Employee
Retirement System
Springfield, MA Retirement
System
CalPERS
D
D
R
Florida Senate
Minnesota-08
Florida-11
$44,995
$25,068
$72,339
State of Florida
State of Minnesota
Florida Division of Retirement
D
D
New Jersey-09
Arizona-07
$56,405
$27,581
Peters, Scott
Petri, Tom
Pitts, Joe
D
R
R
California-52
Wisconsin-06
Pennsylvania-16
$20,298
$14,878
$90,867
Poe, Ted
Posey, Bill
Reichert, Dave
R
R
R
Texas-02
Florida-08
Washington-08
$126,743
$14,495
$109,101
State of New Jersey
Arizona Elected Officials
Retirement Sys
SDCERS
Wisconsin Retirement Fund
Pennsylvania Employee
Retirement System
Multiple
State of Florida FRS
Washington Dept of Retirement
Systems
Risch, James E
R Idaho Senate
$34,721
Roybal-Allard,
Lucille
Ruppersberger,
Dutch
Sanders, Bernie
D California-40
D Maryland-02
$2,501 $5,000
$91,074
Idaho Public Employee
Retirement System
California Legislators Retirement
System
Baltimore County, MD
I
$4,812
City of Burlington, VT
$24,420
$18,340
Scott, David
Vermont
Senate
D Illinois-09
D Pennsylvania13
D Georgia-13
Sensenbrenner, F
R Wisconisn-05
$29,861
State of Illinois
Pennsylvania Employee
Retirement System
Georgia Legislative Retirement
System
Wisconsin Legislative Pension
Schakowsky, Jan
Schwartz, Allyson
$11,944
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James Jr
Serrano, Jose E
Sires, Albio
D New York-15
$14,200
D New Jersey08
$38,000
New York State Employee
Retirement Sys
State of New Jersey
Slaughter, Louise
M
Speier, Jackie
D New York-25
$9,296
D California-14
$6,000
Stabenow,
Debbie
Thompson,
Bennie G
Tonko, Paul
D Michigan Senate
$61,380
New York State Employee
Retirement Sys
California Legislators Retirement
System
State of Michigan
D Mississippi-02
$9,000
State of Mississippi
D New York-20
$64,641
Vargas, Juan
Walberg, Tim
D California-51
R Michigan-07
$20,304
$58,951
Waters, Maxine
D California-43
$5,720
Waxman, Henry
A
Wilson, Frederica
D California-33
D Florida-24
$5000 $15,000
$82,158
New York State Employee
Retirement Sys
SDCERS
Michigan Legislative Retirement
System
California Legislators Retirement
System
California Public Employee
Retirement System
State of Florida
Wilson, Joe
R
$39,364
Multiple
Young, Don
R
$5,484
Alaska Pension
South Carolina02
Alaska-All
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