| 词条 | NARFE |
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The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) is a nonprofit, 501(c)5 membership association dedicated to improving the benefits of active and retired federal employees, their spouses and survivors. NARFE has some 300,000 members and over 1,300 NARFE chapters in almost every state within the United States, as well as chapters in Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, Panama and the Philippines. NARFE also offers electronic chapters to members who wish to receive their information electronically. Most members of NARFE are covered under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS, including CSRS Offset) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)[1][2] or are spouses or surviving spouses of Federal employees. Among items for which NARFE advocates include:
Through both of these acts, NARFE is trying to increase the pensions of retired federal workers.[3][4] NARFE Legislative ProgramThe Legislative Program of NARFE is made annually coming before each Congress. The Program is divided into three categories in order to show their importance as NARFE legislative goals. The first is to preserve the goals already reached. The second is to provide benefits to the future members of NARFE. The third includes all other goals of NARFE.[5][6] Political ContributionsAccording to the Center for Responsive Politics, in 2018 NARFE donated $850,750 to political candidates, of which 78% went to Democrat candidates and 21% to Republican candidates.[7] References1. ^http://www.narfe.org/departments/hq/guest/articles.cfm?ID=740 2. ^"Member Benefits" 3. ^http://www.narfe.org/departments/hq/guest/articles.cfm?ID=737 4. ^"What Is NARFE?" 5. ^http://www.narfe.org/departments/leg/guest/articles.cfm?ID=1046 6. ^"NARFE Legislative Program" 7. ^https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00091561 External LinksNARFE official website 3 : Political advocacy groups in the United States|Seniors' organizations|Retirement in the United States |
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