21.   The report was released in reaction to a Congressional Research Service memorandum on federal pensions.

22.   The vast majority of large and midsize employers are self-insured and therefore are exempt from state insurance regulation under a longstanding federal pension and welfare law.

23.   TheUS Labor Department has accused John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of violating the federal pension law.

24.   Trouble is, federal pension law gets in the way of this grand scheme.

25.   While Hastings has said he would not seek to restore his judgeship, he could have his years spent on the bench counted toward his federal pension.

26.   About a dozen lawsuits have been consolidated into a single class-action case asserting that Enron violated federal pension rules.

27.   Bouchard said his decision was not connected to Quebec Roman Catholic Archbishop Msgr. Maurice Couture, who has called on Bouchard to donate his federal pension to anti-poverty organizations.

28.   Most Americans covered by employers are in plans regulated by federal pensions law.