Congress re-opened the federal government after briefly shutting it down Feb. 9 morning. The House and Senate passed and President Trump signed a two-year funding bill that ensures the government stays open for business and keeps federal employees working on behalf of the American people.
However, lawmakers have until March 23 to come up with a detailed funding plan that sets line-by-line funding levels.
The bipartisan deal would provide long-overdue increases for both our military and non-defense agencies. Most federal agencies have been limping by on borrowed time for far too long due to harmful sequestration cuts. This budget will give agencies much-needed resources to invest in the taxpayer programs and services that the public expects and deserves.
Our country has seen many so-called fiscal commissions, and each one of them has failed to produce meaningful change. So why are some voices in both parties floating the idea again?
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AFGE Local 17 President Douglas Massey last week testified before a congressional committee, detailing issues that impede the work of attorneys who adjudicate veterans’ claims and making recommendations on how to improve the process and better serve veterans.
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An investigation into a whistleblower retaliation case championed by AFGE Local 1534 concludes in our union’s favor that an employee has indeed been wrongfully retaliated against.
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