This Nuclear Bureaucrat Was Too Radical to Keep His Job, but Taxpayers Got Stuck With the Bill Anyway

This Nuclear Bureaucrat Was Too Radical to Keep His Job, But Taxpayers Got Stuck With The Bill Anyway

By Tyler O'Neil, The Daily Signal | July 20, 2025 Jeff Baran, a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, failed to secure enough support in the Senate to keep his job when his term expired in June 2023, but he found another job in the federal bureaucracy and stuck around long enough to take the buyout offer under the Trump administration. While presidents appoint more than 3,000 people for political positions, the federal government directly…

This Nuclear Bureaucrat Was Too Radical to Keep His Job, but Taxpayers Got Stuck With the Bill Anyway

Jeff Baran, a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, failed to secure enough support in the Senate to keep his job when his term expired in June 2023, but he found another job in the federal bureaucracy and stuck around long enough to take the buyout offer under the Trump administration. While presidents appoint more than 3,000 people for political positions, the federal government directly employs roughly 2.3 million people, most of whom …