Posted on 01/06/2017 5:50:50 AM PST by RoosterRedux
House Republicans this week reinstated an arcane procedural rule that enables lawmakers to reach deep into the budget and slash the pay of an individual federal worker — down to $1 — a move that threatens to upend the 130-year-old civil service.
The Holman Rule, named after an Indiana congressman who devised it in 1876, empowers any member of Congress to propose amending an appropriations bill to single out a government employee or cut a specific program.
The use of the rule would not be simple; a majority of the House and the Senate would still have to approve any such amendment. At the same time, opponents and supporters agree that the work of 2.1 million civil servants, designed to be insulated from politics, is now vulnerable to the whims of elected officials.
The revival of the Holman Rule was the brainchild of Rep. H. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), who is intent on increasing the powers of individual members of Congress to reassign workers as policy demands.
He favors a strategic application, likening it to a bullet from a sniper rifle rather than a shotgun. It’s unlikely — but not impossible — that members will “go crazy” and cut huge swaths of the workforce, he said.
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Purge it. Purge it now.
Just another tool in the box
How about Lois Lerner.
EPA BATFE and many others watch out
More good news. I guess that the intent of the civil service rules was good but it is a major cause of the bloated bureaucracy.
My other thought had been to put a lot of them in windowless rooms in the Arizona desert with no work to do but a lot of them would probably like that.
Start with the thiefs at the VA who stole money..like $400k and have not been fired. If they can’t be fired because of some crazy Union rule..then pay them $1
OMG......Statues of Holman in every town....just to remind the miscreants to toe the line.
LIFO slash the bureaucracy by 20%.
Please.
as well there are some entrenched Arabists in state and the intelligence agencies for whom this rule will be handy.
there are, finally, some profoundly incompetent people, and hurtful agencies in the bureaucracy for whom this rule will be helpful.
The dollar payment should be for a year, not an hour, week, or month.
She’s on a federal pension.
Ought to be in a federal prison.
Whoever controls the government employee pay computers controls the government employees.
Turnabout is fair play.
Just start introducing computer pay “glitches”.
“Your step increase actually went down? Here’s a form to fill out.”
“An audit revealed that you were overpaid. All of your pay will be confiscated until this problem is corrected.”
It probably is annual because $1 per hour would have been a princely income in 1876. In those good old days, we didn’t have a permanent federal “worker” cadre.
I’m not sure about LIFO - That new guy may be doing the work that the guy who’s a year from retirement won’t.
HA....(insert fist pump here).....YES!
I find it shocking that Ryan agreed to do this. This is a pretty bold move that is going to upset a lot of his backers
Bingo.....then move on to DoJ......can we reduce a scotus paycheck too?
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