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Amid safety concerns, AFGE urges Congress to increase Bureau of Prisons funding

March 20, 2024 Congress, Amid, Bureau, increase, urges, safety, funding, concerns, prisons, AFGE0 comment

Union officials are urging Congress to provide more funding to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP has spent years struggling with staff attrition, and safety and security issues. The American Federation of Government Employees said the fiscal 2024 budget for BOP, as part of the recent government funding deal, would only worsen the agency’s current 40% staffing shortage. And AFGE warned that a 38% cut to funding for facility maintenance would make federal prisons more dangerous environments for both employees and inmates. (BOP needs more funding, not Less, to address…

House Republicans launch probe into White House’s funding of group with ties to Hamas

February 17, 2024 probe, into, White, ties, group, launch, funding, Hamas, houses, Republicans, House0 comment

A House Republican panel launched a probe into the Biden administration’s renewed funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency following allegations that members of the organization participated in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The Washington Times stories: White House

U.S. imposes new sanctions to target Hamas funding

October 28, 2023 U.S., sanctions, funding, target, Hamas, imposes0 comment

The Biden administration has imposed a new round of sanctions on Hamas-linked officials to cut off the terror group’s investment fund and sever a conduit for Iranian financial support for Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Treasury Department announced Friday. The Washington Times stories: White House

White House asks Congress to pass short-term funding bill to keep government operating

September 2, 2023 Operating, Congress, House, White, Keep, asks, government, Bill, pass, shortterm, funding0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday that Congress should pass a short-term funding measure to ensure the government keeps operating after the current budget year ends Sept. 30. An official with the Office of Management and Budget said lawmakers would very likely need to pass a temporary spending measure in September to prevent a potential partial shutdown. The official was not authorized to discuss the administration’s plans and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Without such congressional approval, parts of the federal government could shut…

What a lapse in funding might look like in October of 2023

August 13, 2023 October, look, like, funding, might, lapse, 20230 comment

The crazy weather throughout the country seems to be reflected in Congress. On recess, when it returns it will have 12 working days to workout a regular federal budget for 2024. Ain’t gonna happen. Joining the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explore the possible consequences, the vice president for policy and programs at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin And it looks more and more like, because of political developments in the short time period, there could be a lapse. But…

AT&T, Subway, and GM Should Disavow “Unhinged” Fox News Chyron and Stop Funding Extremist Propaganda

June 18, 2023 Disavow, Chyron, News, stop, Should, AT&T, funding, propaganda, Extremist, Unhinged, Subway0 comment

Washington, D.C. – Today, MoveOn released a new video as part of its Stop Funding Fox campaign to spotlight consumer brands that are still inexplicably advertising on Fox News, despite the network’s track record of promoting lies and propaganda. The latest “Bought and Paid For” video highlights a segment on Fox News from June 12 where Fox News broadcast a bottom-of-the-screen chyron that accused President Joe Biden of being a “wannabe dictator who arrested his political rival.” This segment ran the same day as Donald Trump was indicted in Florida…