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  • Fork in the Road

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 10 15:47:35 2025
    The unions argue that OPM exceeded its authority in promising pay and
    benefits through the end of September, given funding for most federal
    agencies expires on March 14. A law known as the Antideficiency Act
    prohibits federal agencies from obligating any spending that has yet
    to be approved by Congress.

    https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292042/federal-employees-trump-fork-resignation-buyout-court

    yet to be approved by Congress

    Duh....doofuses !

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Feb 11 02:16:17 2025
    On 2025-02-10, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:
    The unions argue that OPM exceeded its authority in promising pay and benefits through the end of September, given funding for most federal agencies expires on March 14. A law known as the Antideficiency Act
    prohibits federal agencies from obligating any spending that has yet
    to be approved by Congress.

    https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292042/federal-employees-trump-fork-resignation-buyout-court

    yet to be approved by Congress

    Duh....doofuses !

    and that's why the new Democrat strategy is to cause a govt shutdown,
    delaying approval of a budget, which puts an end to the axe-job.

    Pretty stupid strategy though, and it will be a black mark against the
    Dems for sure.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 10 21:05:02 2025
    On 11 Feb 2025 02:16:17 GMT, Retrograde <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    and that's why the new Democrat strategy
    is to cause a govt shutdown,

    Only if Rs don't work with them on the budget....

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