Shutdown lowdown: House OKs paid vacation for furloughed Feds
WASHINGTON, October 3, 2013 – As the budget battle and the Federal government shutdown are set to continue this week, the House has just passed a measure that essentially grants retroactive and continuing paid vacation to Federal workers furloughed as a result of the current budget impasse. According to the Washington Times, “The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Virginia Reps. James P. Moran, a Democrat, and Frank Wolf, a Republican, cleared without opposition on a 407-0 vote, marking a major bipartisan breakthrough.”
Nearly all Americans are not missing anything and don’t care about the usual government waste being inoperable. That’s a good thing.