House Democrats and a handful of Republicans on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s plot to oust civil servants by passing the Preventing a Patronage System Act. “The civil servants who make up our federal workforce are the engine that keeps our federal government running,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), …
Read More »Following Trump’s Lead, GOP Pushes Bill to Make Federal Workers Fireable ‘At Will’
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams U.S. Rep. Chip Roy’s introduction Friday of a bill to make federal bureaucratic personnel at-will employees further stoked fears that marginalized workers will suffer discriminatory firings under a future Republican administration or even GOP-controlled Congress. The Public Service Reform Act “will empower federal agencies to swiftly …
Read More »‘Authoritarianism 101’: Trump Plot to Purge Civil Servants If Reelected Draws Alarm
Julia Conley, Common Dreams Government watchdogs on Friday warned that a plan by former President Donald Trump to drastically remake the federal workforce should he win the presidency in 2024 would “utterly destroy” public service in the United States. As Axios reported Friday, central to Trump’s plans for a second …
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