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Open Phones, Part 2
2018-08-31T09:33:58-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOGFmXC8yMDE4MDgzMTA5MzU0MTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the previous-day’s news that President Trump canceled a 2.1 percent pay raise for federal workers. The pay raise was scheduled to take effect in January of 2019.
“We must maintain efforts to put our nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases,” the president wrote in a letter to congressional leaders. The cancelation of the pay raises will affect about 2 million federal workers.
Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the previous-day’s news that President Trump canceled a 2.1 percent pay…
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Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the previous-day’s news that President Trump canceled a 2.1 percent pay raise for federal workers. The pay raise was scheduled to take effect in January of 2019.
“We must maintain efforts to put our nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases,” the president wrote in a letter to congressional leaders. The cancelation of the pay raises will affect about 2 million federal workers. close
“We must maintain efforts to put our nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases,” the president wrote in a letter to congressional leaders. The cancelation of the pay raises will affect about 2 million federal workers.
Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the previous-day’s news that President Trump canceled a 2.1 percent pay… read more
Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the previous-day’s news that President Trump canceled a 2.1 percent pay raise for federal workers. The pay raise was scheduled to take effect in January of 2019.
“We must maintain efforts to put our nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases,” the president wrote in a letter to congressional leaders. The cancelation of the pay raises will affect about 2 million federal workers. close
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