As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on H.R. 1163, the so-called ”Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act,” IFPTE urged members of the House of Representatives to vote against this misguided bill that weakens states’ unemployment insurance systems and may result in a surprise bill for workers who received an overpayment of pandemic UI benefits through no fault of their own.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers issued a statement supporting the Saving Our Civil Service Act, legislation introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate that limits a presidential administration’s ability to convert civil service positions into excepted service positions, undermine merit system principles, and fire federal employees without due process or cause.
Read MoreAs Congress continues to work on the National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE reached out to House and Senate leadership and the Armed Services Committees to urge them to include the Preventing a Patronage System Act (H.R. 302/S. 4702) in the legislation. IFPTE also joined a coalition letter led by NARFE to House and Senate leadership advocating passage of the Preventing a Patronage System Act.
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