In a major victory for AFGE and our allies, a so-called fiscal commission was not included in the FY2024 funding package that passed both the House and Senate and became law on March 23.
AFGE strongly opposed the fiscal commission – a small group of lawmakers and non-elected individuals who would have wield enormous power to recommend cuts to Social Security and other popular programs behind closed doors. It is Congress’s responsibility to oversee these important programs with input from the public.
Our union worked hard to convince Congress not to move forward with the commission, which House Speaker Mike Johnson had said was one of his top priorities.
In a recent interview with CNBC, Johnson said he would not support a commission that raises revenues, meaning he only wants cuts to funding for important programs the American people rely on, despite saying earlier in the interview he did not want to cut Social Security and Medicare.
Johnson was challenged by the CNBC anchors who noted what he was saying was not a bipartisan commission but a partisan Republican cuts commission.
“Speaker, I mean, if you were going into that saying I support a committee but one that only sees things my way and is willing to cut expenses but not do anything else, you're going to lose the bipartisan part of that,” said one of the anchors.
AFGE applauds members of Congress for not including the fiscal commission in the FY2024 funding package.
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