TSP Bill Could Pass Tomorrow

Federal employee groups aren't happy that provisions governing federal retirement credit for sick leave were stripped out of a big tobacco-regulation bill that the Senate is voting on tomorrow today. But it would be a fairly big deal if the Thrift Savings Plan provisions, including the Roth option, automatic enrollment, a mutual fund window, and allowing the spouses of deceased feds to keep managing TSP accounts, pass. Those provisions have been subject to debate since I started covering the TSP. And Senate passage would make them the first major federal employee benefits bill to make it to President Obama's desk.