Past Due: Why Can’t Congress Seem to Pay Its Bills on Time?
October 23, 2015
Deciding whether or not to pay the debts incurred to fund the previously approved spending is nuts.
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Shutdown Delayed: 10 More Weeks
September 30, 2015
Congress this week passed a short-term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, to fund the government at 2015 levels until Dec. 11. The funding fight will resume right before Christmas again just like the past few years.
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This Is What Happened When Congress Shut down CDC in 2013
September 25, 2015
Thanks to the CDC about 90% of these lethal chemical agents – mainly mustard and nerve agents – have been safely destroyed without harming workers in the plants and the communities outside the facilities. But when Congress shut down the government in October 2013, questions were raised regarding safety and security of everyone involved. Marilyn Radke, a CDC medical officer and an AFGE member, was one of the scientists and researchers who were told to leave the fatal stockpiles behind for the duration of the shutdown that lasted 16 days.
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What Have We Learned from 9/11?
September 10, 2015
Congress seems to have very short memories when it comes to funding the government. Even with a potential shutdown looming in the near future AFGE members continue to do the best they can in spite of savage budget cuts. The important programs that have helped keep Americans safe require after 9/11 adequate funding.
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AFGE: 1.3% Pay Raise for Feds Doesn’t Cut It
September 04, 2015
The costs for groceries, health insurance, and other necessities have all gone up. That’s why the workers who keep America running need a real pay raise, not the paltry 1.3% increase proposed by the administration for 2016.
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AFGE Activists Got Congress to Keep VA Hospitals Open, Avoid Furloughs
July 31, 2015
Thanks to letters and phone calls AFGE activists made to their elected officials this week, both the House and the Senate approved legislation that would give the Department of Veterans Affairs the flexibility to shift funds from one account to another to keep hospitals open and avoid furloughing employees.
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Under Full Sequestration, Army Could Cut Additional 6,000 Civilian Jobs on Top of Initial 17,000
July 31, 2015
Contractors are about to have a field day as the latest analysis shows the Army, under full sequestration, will have to cut an additional 6,000 civilian positions on top of the 17,000 earlier reported.
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1.3% Pay Raise for Feds in 2016?
July 24, 2015
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday passed the 2016 Financial Services appropriations bill without blocking a 1.3% pay raise for federal employees proposed by President Barack Obama.
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Senate Rejects 1% Pay Cut for Federal Employees
June 19, 2015
The Senate this week voted down a proposal by Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana to cut federal employees’ pay by 1% in 2016 and 2017 and use the savings to pay for additional brigades the Army doesn’t want.
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Is Your Agency Contracting Out Government Jobs?
June 06, 2015
AFGE has updated a new guide to help you spot those problem contracts and more.
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Agencies Told to Cut Their Budgets by 5% in 2017
May 08, 2015
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) told agencies to plan on cutting their budgets by 5% in 2017.
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9 Ways This House Panel’s Decision on Pentagon Funding Will Affect You
May 01, 2015
It took the House Armed Services Committee all day and all night on Wednesday to go over nearly 300 proposals in its 2016 Defense Authorization bill, but they finally approved it at around 4:30 a.m.
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AFGE Holds Town Hall on Budget
April 30, 2015
On Tuesday night, AFGE National President J. David Cox, National Vice President Gerald D. Swanke and AFGE Legislative Director Beth Moten joined 18,000 AFGE members on a TeleTown Hall to discuss the 12 percent pay cut being imposed on government employees in the 2016 federal budget.
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Congress Wants to Cut Your Pay 12% to Give 5,500 Multi-Millionaires a $269 Billion Tax Break
April 17, 2015
Just weeks after voting to cut your pay by 12%, Congress has already figured out what they want to do with your money: repeal the estate tax.
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What Is the Quickest Way to Reduce DoD’s Personnel Cost?
April 10, 2015
Hire federal employees, the cheapest of all the three workforces, pointed out AFGE in a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, whose office will soon consider an authorization bill for the Defense Department.
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