10/27/2017 – On Thursday, Oct. 26, the House of Representatives voted to approve the Senate’s budget resolution. With both chambers in agreement, there is now a budget which lays out limits for 2018 federal government spending. Tens of thousands of postal and federal workers called on their lawmakers over the last few months to reject […]
NAPS Leg/Reg Update – October 26, 2017 Federal and postal employees dodged a bullet aimed at their retirement benefits when the House of Representatives today refrained from including any retirement benefit cuts in the final version of the Fiscal Year 2018 budget resolution (H Con Res 71. The House of Representatives approved the FY 2018 […]
10/27/2017 The House passed a fiscal year 2018 joint budget resolution, concurring with the Senate and ending the budget reconciliation tax reform threat to the federal community. The joint budget resolution DOES NOT include cuts to federal pay and benefits. Passage of this joint budget resolution is a big win for active and retired federal […]
10/26/17 House Passes Senate Version of Budget Resolution: No UPMA Benefit Hits On Thursday morning, October 26, the House of Representatives narrowly approved the Senate’s version of the fiscal year 2018 budget, House Concurrent Resolution 71, as amended by the Senate. The 216-212 vote permits many UPMA members to breathe a sigh of relief for […]
The federal spending plan for Fiscal Year 2016 released by the House of Representatives on Tuesday once again aims to cut letter carriers’ pay. The FY2016 budget measure, released by the House Budget Committee, calls for requiring all federal employees to pay more out of their own pockets toward their retirement benefits. While the House […]