In the middle of a government shutdown, Trump ordered that federal worker pay not be increased for 2019.
Federal workers just can’t catch a break.
In the middle of a partial shutdown of the federal government, President Donald Trump ordered a pay freeze for federal workers late Friday, blocking an automatic pay increase from going into effect Jan. 1.
Trump said months ago that he was seeking the freeze. It was ultimately made possible by Congress, which never passed a pay hike before the end of the year. The GOP-controlled Senate had signed off on a bipartisan 1.9 percent increase, but the GOP-controlled House left it unaddressed.
View the complete December 29 article by Dave Jamieson on the Huffington Post website here.