Federal Employees Hit Highest Number Since Obama Left Office
Jun 10, 2019 5:26:18 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Jun 10, 2019 5:26:18 GMT -5
Thought Trump was supposed to be draining the swamp, not filling it with new denizens...
And the ruling class is working to get a larger cut, when is the last time most of you got a significant pay raise?
Federal Employees Hit Highest Number Since Obama Left Office
By Terence P. Jeffrey, June 7, 2019 10:00 AM EDT
(CNSNews.com) - The number of people employed by the federal government rose from 2,811,000 in April to 2,815,000 in May, an increase of 4,000 that put the number of federal workers at the highest level since President Barack Obama left office, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In December 2016, the last month before President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the federal government employed 2,817,000, according to BLS. In January 2017, that dropped to 2,810,000.
In the time that President Donald Trump has been in office, federal employment hit a low of 2,792,000 in February and March of 2018, but has since risen by 23,000 to the current 2,815,000.
Federal employment hit an all-time high of 3,435,000 in May 1990, when George H.W. Bush was president.
While federal government employment was increasing by 4,000 during May, overall government employment in the United States was dropping by 15,000—declining from 22,529,000 in April to 22,514 in May.
www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/federal-employees-hit-highest-number-obama-left-office
By Terence P. Jeffrey, June 7, 2019 10:00 AM EDT
(CNSNews.com) - The number of people employed by the federal government rose from 2,811,000 in April to 2,815,000 in May, an increase of 4,000 that put the number of federal workers at the highest level since President Barack Obama left office, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In December 2016, the last month before President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the federal government employed 2,817,000, according to BLS. In January 2017, that dropped to 2,810,000.
In the time that President Donald Trump has been in office, federal employment hit a low of 2,792,000 in February and March of 2018, but has since risen by 23,000 to the current 2,815,000.
Federal employment hit an all-time high of 3,435,000 in May 1990, when George H.W. Bush was president.
While federal government employment was increasing by 4,000 during May, overall government employment in the United States was dropping by 15,000—declining from 22,529,000 in April to 22,514 in May.
www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/federal-employees-hit-highest-number-obama-left-office
And the ruling class is working to get a larger cut, when is the last time most of you got a significant pay raise?
Congressional pay raise amendments roil House
Five House lawmakers have offered amendments that would bar funding for a cost of living increase for members of Congress
Katherine Tully-McManus, Posted Jun 7, 2019 12:01 PM
A potential pay raise for Congress is stirring up debate on Capitol Hill, and with funding for the Legislative Branch on deck for floor action next week, at least four proposals to keep lawmaker pay frozen are on the table.
Five House lawmakers have offered amendments that would bar funding for a cost of living increase for members of Congress. The three Republicans and two Democrats are raising opposition to House appropriators excluding language barring cost-of-living raises in both the Financial Services and Legislative Branch fiscal 2020 spending bills.
Under a 1989 ethics law that set cost-of-living increases for lawmakers, members are slated to receive a 2.6 percent increase of $4,500 in January. The salary for rank-and-file House and Senate lawmakers is $174,000, but those with official leadership titles and responsibilities make more. That level has been frozen since 2009 and each year appropriators have written into law that no pay raises would be given to members.
www.rollcall.com/news/congress/pay-raise-amendments
Five House lawmakers have offered amendments that would bar funding for a cost of living increase for members of Congress
Katherine Tully-McManus, Posted Jun 7, 2019 12:01 PM
A potential pay raise for Congress is stirring up debate on Capitol Hill, and with funding for the Legislative Branch on deck for floor action next week, at least four proposals to keep lawmaker pay frozen are on the table.
Five House lawmakers have offered amendments that would bar funding for a cost of living increase for members of Congress. The three Republicans and two Democrats are raising opposition to House appropriators excluding language barring cost-of-living raises in both the Financial Services and Legislative Branch fiscal 2020 spending bills.
Under a 1989 ethics law that set cost-of-living increases for lawmakers, members are slated to receive a 2.6 percent increase of $4,500 in January. The salary for rank-and-file House and Senate lawmakers is $174,000, but those with official leadership titles and responsibilities make more. That level has been frozen since 2009 and each year appropriators have written into law that no pay raises would be given to members.
www.rollcall.com/news/congress/pay-raise-amendments