Thursday, March 1, 2018

In 2013, Biss wrote the unconstitutional bill that cut pension benefits for 467,000 state employees, including teachers and nurses. This followed a 2012 vote where Biss tried to slash healthcare benefits from nearly 80,000 state retirees and retired suburban and downstate teachers. Both of those efforts were opposed by the Illinois AFL-CIO and ruled unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court.

REALITY CHECK: 

• Dan Biss “helped write” the unconstitutional pension bill that cut pension benefits promised to over 467,000 state workers, including teachers and nurses.
• Biss also voted to cut 80,000 state retirees from health insurance coverage, which was later ruled unconstitutional.

• Biss’ attacks on working families in the General Assembly earned him the lowest lifetime rating from the IllinoisAFL-CIO of any Democratic State Senator.

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