While IFPTE requested Members of the House and Senate vote to pass this bill in order to prevent a U.S. debt default, IFPTE’s letter to Representatives made clear that this bill “will implement unnecessary two-year spending caps that constrains Congress's ability to fund programs, services, and investments that are necessary to support working families and our nation’s economic competitiveness.”
Read MoreIFPTE President Matthew Biggs spoke to the Kansas City Star and the Washington Post this week to express the union’s grave concerns about the fallout a U.S. debt default would cause across the American and global economies.
Read MoreCongress needs to act urgently and pass a clean debt limit increase before June 1st. If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, the U.S. government will default on it's debt with catastrophic impacts for our economy, for working people, for retirement savings, and for essential government services.
Read MoreLast week, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R, CA) and House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R, TX) unveiled legislation they call the “Limit, Save, Grow Act,” which seeks to extend the debt ceiling but also defunds essential services that working Americans, retirees, veterans, and communities across the country count on. With Majority Leader McCarthy intending this bring this bill to a floor vote this week, IFPTE sent a letter telling Members of the House that this bill will hurt Americans in every Congressional district.
Read MoreIn an open letter to Congress, the American Federation of Teachers and dozens of unions, nonprofit organizations, and community groups, including IFPTE, urged Congress to raise the national debt ceiling.
Read MoreWith a lapse of Congressionally appropriated funding set to shut the government down on October 1, IFPTE told Senators and Representatives that “The absurd threat of a government shutdown must be avoided in the next few hours.”
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