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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Federal Worker Furloughs Could Begin April 21

Defense Department would see the largest number of furloughs.

Furloughs, one of the most feared effects of sequestration, could start as early as April 21 at the U.S. Department of Defense. Recent machinations in the Senate to keep the federal government functioning beyond the impending March 27 expiration of stopgap funding are likely to leave the sequestration cuts in place, prompting the potential furlough of thousands of federal workers, The Washington Post reported. The so-called “continuing resolution” also would extend the lack of federal salary increases. Federal salaries have remained flat since January 2010. Click here to read the full story in The Post. Another Post article detailed the furloughs, half of which would be absorbed by the military. Defense Department officials notified a …

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Maryland County Execs Fear Sequester Effects

Prince George's, Montgomery, Howard County officials say federal spending cuts would wreak havoc on local economy.

Ranking officials in Prince George's, Montgomery and Howard County are urging Congress to come to a compromise that could avert steep cuts in federal spending—known as the sequester—set to go into effect on March 1.  “Sequestration would feel like a cold to most of the nation, but to [Prince George's County] and the rest of the Washington metropolitan area, it would feel like a bad case of pneumonia," read a statement attributed to Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker in a release issued by the county executives of Montgomery, Howard and Prince George's counties. "One-quarter of the federal workforce in this region are residents of Prince George's County, so many of them are eagerly awaiting a positive conclusion to this …

Joe Galvagna

10:11 am on Friday, March 1, 2013

Not so not so all lies from the left. Just hype to try to scare the working class. All Dems. lie to keep their jobs. Cut some of the free crap in County not raise taxes on working stuffs. I hate you leftwingers you are killing this country. Have you no consensus or self respect?   more ›

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