Lawmakers Question Administration’s Push to Pay Political Appointees More

Lawmakers question administration’s push to pay political appointees more

Democratic lawmakers are criticizing the Trump administration’s recent push to pay political appointees more money. In a letter to the Office of Personnel Management, Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee called OPM’s recent encouragement on the issue an “egregious abuse” of taxpayer dollars. OPM recently recommended that agencies pay their political appointees the maximum salary possible, nearly $200,000. Based on current federal sal…

'Massively wasteful': Trump wants to reward his political cronies with maximum federal pay

Senate Democrats on Wednesday launched an investigation into the Trump administration's effort to give political appointees the maximum allowable salary while it fires career civil servants en masse, dismantles entire federal agencies, and works in concert with Republican lawmakers to gut safety net programs. In a letter to Trump's Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and seven other Democratic senators raised alar…

Amid Destructive Firing Spree, Trump Wants His Political Cronies to Get Max Pay

"Padding the pockets of political operatives while firing food safety inspectors is nothing short of an egregious abuse of taxpayer dollars and massively wasteful," wrote a group of Democratic senators.

Democrats Demand Answers on Taxpayer-Funded Paychecks for Trump Loyalists

Democratic senators are calling out the Trump administration for handing out massive taxpayer-funded salaries to political allies, while purging experienced civil servants from the government. In a letter sent Wednesday, eight Senate Democrats demanded a full breakdown of who’s getting paid under a special hiring category used by President Trump to bring in political appointees without going through the usual process. The group is focused on “Sc…

Democrats Demand Salary Details For Trump’s Political Appointees

Senators want the Trump administration to explain why it's paying "political cronies" as much as $195,200 amid its mass firings of civil servants.