How can Obama extend benefits by executive order again, if that is what is entailed here?
He's the head of the executive branch, which means about 3 million employees report to him indirectly. Can't he direct the OPM to modify their policies, in the absence of any countervailing legislation?
I don't know where public employee pay as a statutory matter ends, and public employee pay as a function of employer discretion and negotiation begins.
This indicates he can unilaterally implement the benefits
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090617/D98SDLD80.html
