Just to show you how out of touch both Republicans and Democrats really are, two Virginia congressmen have introduced a bill to protect lazy federal government workers in case of a government shut down. No such protections for our military are included in this bill. Two Virginia Reps. Don Beyer (D) and Rob Wittman (R) introduced a bill to guarantee back pay for lazy federal workers affected by a possible furlough in the event of a government shutdown. Federal workers are some of the most overpaid ‘workers’ in this country. Why not the same sort of protection for military members who wouldn’t be paid if Schumer and the Democrats shut down the government over amnesty? This is really infuriating.
| Virginia congress members introduce bill to make sure lazy federal workers get paid during shut down (but not military) |
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In a press release Thursday afternoon, the two lawmakers announced a bill with 40 bipartisan co-sponsors that would guarantee no federal worker loses pay as a result of a possible government shutdown. The federal government runs out of money at midnight Friday.
“We are working hard to avoid a government shutdown, but if it comes our bill would protect federal workers from the worst of the consequences,” Beyer said in the release.
“This legislation is designed to shield civil servants, who need to support their families, from the disastrous effects of Congress’ failure to agree on a budget measure. We hope it will not be needed, but time is running out,” he said.
Virginia is home to a large number of federal employees, and the two districts represented by Beyer and Wittman, Virginia’s 8th and 1st, respectively, represent nearly 120,000 federal workers, according to the release.
“Federal employees should not be penalized for Congress’s inability to get its job done on time,” Wittman said. “This legislation sends a clear signal to our federal workers that they will not be harmed in the unfortunate event of a shutdown.”