WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Rick Scott (R-FL) announced that their No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used As Pensions to Incarcerated Officials Now (No CORRUPTION) Act has been signed into law. The law closes a loophole that has allowed former members of Congress to continue to receive a taxpayer-funded pension during their appeals process after being convicted of certain felonies related to their time in office.
“Nevadans elected me to the Senate to stand up to corruption and protect their taxpayer dollars from abuse,” dijo el Senador Rosen. “That’s why I worked across the aisle with Senator Scott to close the loophole allowing politicians convicted of corruption to continue collecting taxpayer-funded pensions. I’m proud to see our bill become law, and I’ll keep working across the aisle to clean up Washington.”
“I am incredibly proud to see our No CORRUPTION Act become law. If you are a Member of Congress and convicted of a crime involving public corruption you should lose all pension benefits provided to you by taxpayers and hardworking families—period,” said Senator Scott. “Making Washington work for American families requires real reforms that end the current dysfunction. We must never stop working to hold elected officials accountable and protect taxpayers’ hard-earned money.”
“The reform in Senators Jacky Rosen’s and Rick Scott’s No CORRUPTION Act is a win for taxpayers,” said Demian Brady, Vice President of Research at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. “The commonsense bipartisan legislation closes a loophole in federal law that allows former members of Congress convicted of a crime to still collect a taxpayer-funded pension. We commend Senators Rosen and Scott for their leadership on this good government bill.”
Senator Rosen has been leading the fight to clean up Washington. Following the Supreme Court decision that Presidents are immune from prosecution for “official” actions, Senator Rosen joined her colleagues in introducing a constitutional amendment to make it clear that no one, including the President, is above the law in the United States. She has cosponsored legislation to increase ethics and transparency for Supreme Court justices and their staff. Senator Rosen also helped pass a bipartisan bill out of committee to ban members of Congress from owning and trading individual stocks.
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