Bush Issues Executive Order-Federal Employees Off December 24

The White House ^ | 12-06-07 | George Bush

[icwhatudo]

Executive Order: Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2007

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Monday, December 24, 2007, the day before Christmas Day, except as provided in section 2 below.

Sec. 2. The heads of executive branch departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on December 24, 2007, for reasons of national security or defense or other public need.

Sec. 3. Monday, December 24, 2007, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they relate to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 6, 2007.

[DoughtyOne]

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

On December 24th, we will begin to enforce Article 4 Section 4 of the United States Constitution as I have sworn to do.

Over and out...

[Cagey]

In fact, if I worked in the private sector I'd be making a hell of a lot more than I am now.

[sure_fine]

good thing federal employees don’t do farm work, or re store clerks, nurses, waitresses, ect;, ..

[sure_fine]

run gas stations and airports

[Earthdweller]

Uh Oh! He used that word with Christ in it again. I hope the commies give birth to a brick cow.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Well, I am a federal employee, but certainly not one of the chosen ones/fat ass hogs with an outrageous salary

We call it the buddy system where i work as long as your a yes man or a ass kisser your in the system everyone else is just fodder for shot ! and yes it's Gov work

[rintense]

Violation of separation of church and state!!!!

[halfright]

>>>With pay!

With pay providing you have annual leave accrued to cover 8 hours. If not, you don’t get paid and the bosses are pissed that you didnt have 8 hours saved up.

[Rennes Templar]

Right. It should be referred to as the day off before the winter equinox festival.

[nutmeg]

As Howie Carr would say: "It's a Hack-O-Rama!"

[toddlintown]

Any day that Washington is shut down is like a real Christmas tree with hundreds of presents under it.

[mad_as_he$$]

I find little work gets done between Thanksgiving and Christmas; especially from female employees. Relax ladies I can prove it and no point in arguing it.

[Bullfrogg]

Hey! Cool it, man, I gets my monthly checks from the govment,
an besides I needs aday off from sittin on ma fat butt.

Bullfrog

[Bullfrogg]

Ats right, been that way ever since....MiLK day

Bullfrog

[MissouriConservative]

Well, I work for the Executive branch as well. I already had that day scheduled off as a day of annual leave, so this just means that I have one more day off that I can save, you know...being that fat a** hog that I am.

This is nothing new for the government to do. They have been doing it for years. And trust me, you have to answer to no one about where you work. I put in an honest day for an honest dollar (and it’s seriously not much more than that....lol). I could take my Masters degree to the private industry and make about twice what I make here, but then again, downsizing is a horrible word to a man with a family.

[Earthdweller]

"Right. It should be referred to as the day off before the winter equinox festival."

Too much reference to the northern hemisphere. People in Brazil might take offense.

How about... Solidified Precipitation Holiday?

Ice Ice Baby...

[nhoward14]

Of course not. The USPS is not part of the government.

[scrabblehack]

Winter Solstice.

U.S. Code does refer to it as Christmas though.

[JFC]

With or without pay?

MOST of us will be off work that day.. with pay... what is the big deal. It is Christmas, a time to be with family and friends and celebrate in whatever way we so choose.

[95B30]

Please show me were in my pay check is there any “outrageous Salaries”? What Bush did was give the little guy off. The “chosen ones” already had off.

Thanks Mr. Presedent!