To keep our government running efficiently, AFGE is urging Congress to pass a full-year funding that includes AFGE members’ priorities.
It is important that Congress enacts a comprehensive omnibus appropriations bill, not a continuing resolution (CR) of any duration, as funding is set to expire on Dec. 16. A CR means our government will not be funded at the levels it’s supposed to be funded.
Without the omnibus bill, the 70 federal agencies we represent won’t be able to start new programs and will instead suffer an effective cut from inflation.
At the Defense Department, for example, a CR reduces spending by at least $3 billion a month during a time of critical need.
The Social Security Administration is already critically underfunded, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is severely understaffed, has recently been tasked with implementing the “Honoring the PACT Act” for millions of toxic-exposed veterans.
Low pay, difficult working conditions, and extreme staffing shortages are also undermining the Federal Bureau of Prisons, threatening the safety of officers, inmates, and the public at large.
President Biden’s proposed 4.6% raise for federal workers is part of the current version of the fiscal 2023 omnibus bill, but it could be stripped if a CR is instead passed.
AFGE is asking AFGE members to contact their lawmakers and ask them to secure full government funding so that we see that 4.6% pay increase and avoid the unnecessary hardship of the government shutting down.
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