Congress' Failure to Pass Spending Bill Creates Chaos in Agencies

[sasha031]

As federal agencies enter their sixth month without Congress approving a long-term spending bill, some employees are digging into their own pockets for everything from a spiral-bound notebook to an airplane ticket.

Last week, Congress passed the fifth continuing resolution (CR) of this fiscal year, cutting about $6 billion from current spending. Lawmakers say a budget is forthcoming, but concern over a possible shutdown is palpable; 54 Republicans in the House voted against their own party's CR, with many claiming the cuts were not deep enough.

At U.S. EPA, employees say the uncertainty has translated to a decline in morale and a preoccupation with the possibility of staff cuts.
"I am seeing a lot of people frustrated with management and the Agency for not giving more information on what, if any, cuts will be coming and which programs will be impacted," said EPA scientist and union representative Edward Guster in an email. "A lot of people are fearful of being moved to another position, losing their job or not getting the training they need."

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/03/22/22greenwire-congress-failure-to-pass-spending-bill-creates-29070.html

[damntexdem]

1. As intended by the Repukes.

And ultimately it will lead to chaos in the U.S. as a whole -- as intended by the Repukes.

[sakabatou]

2. They really do want to kill America for the rich, don't they?

[Modern_Matthew]

3. Screw the poor. Defend people thousands of miles away. Sigh. nt

[divine_truine]

4. See...this is what happens when you vote gop in a 21st century America/

We are witnessing the slow-motion deterioration of the corrupt illegitimate republican party who have essentially turned into koch-whore boot-lickers at the expense of their constituents (attention those americans who voted repuke back in Now 2010).