Starving agencies of their needed funds could have deadly consequences when it comes to agencies responsible for preventing and fighting infectious diseases such as Ebola. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been working on Ebola vaccine for a decade, but research stalled as Congress keeps taking away its funding – $5 billion over 10 years, adjusted for inflation.
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Fourteen senators led by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida are threatening another government shutdown over a provision in the Affordable Health Care Act designed to keep insurance premiums low.
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You already know how important this election is to federal employees like us. But did you know that Election Day is only a month away?
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Government employees have been through a lot these past two years, and now it’s time for payback. AFGE is proud to launch our Stand Up 2014 Election Center to give you the tools you need to take our country back on November 4th.
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AFGE president says focus on job creation, wage equality puts America on better path to economic recovery.
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The White House has reportedly dropped from its 2015 budget proposal the use of chained consumer price index to calculate cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for Social Security and other federal programs, according to news reports.
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President Barack Obama discussed many issues important to workers in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. The feisty president laid out some new initiatives and renewed his call for congressional support for workers.
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The House and the Senate this week approved the 2014 catch-all spending bill that provides funding for federal agencies until Sept. 30. The $1.1 trillion bill fleshes out the Murray-Ryan budget deal agreed on last month. Read five provisions worth noting.
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Here's a breakdown of the $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the government until Sept. 30.
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