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DHS gets funded. What’s next?
The Department of Homeland Security has its budget now. What was the purpose of all this political activity? Nothing came of it. Ultimately our Congressional leadership agreed that we must fund the DHS no matter what. I am very happy … Continue reading
One more week
One More Week You have probably heard by now that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been funded for one more week. Congress agreed and the President signed this agreement minutes before midnight, February 27, 2015. I don’t know the difference … Continue reading
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Tagged Boehner, budget, CBP, Coast Guard, Congress, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, leadership, McConnell, national security, President Obama, republicans, White House
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Hear me out this – Read to the bottom
Few things bother me. Here are the top five on my list. 1) People who don’t take responsibility for their own actions. 2) People making excuses for those who don’t take responsibility for their own actions. 3) Our sympathy for wealthy people with … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 percent, 1%, basic pay, benefits, business, civil servants, Civil Service, Congress, contribute to society, democrats, disabilities, ebola, election, expectations, federal agencies, federal budget, federal employees, federal government, financial, food stamps, living wage, local, politics, poor, public assistance, public health, reduce taxes, republicans, roll back taxes, service, state, taxes, welfare
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IRS Hearings – Disturbing
I have viewed a few excerpts from the Congressional hearings on the IRS missing e-mails. With all the partisanship going on in these hearings, I don’t have faith that some fix will be established to address the basic issues about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Congressional Hearings, democrats, e-mails, education, federal workers, hearings, IRS, living wage, nation, partisanship, republicans, tax dollars, unemployment, war
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Expectations for 2014 ( A nice comment – finally)
Check out the article in today’s Washington Post entitled “Not a promise, but expect no furloughs in 2014” by Joe Davidson, Federal Diary. This covers a conversation with House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md). He is quoted as saying … Continue reading
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