"It added that the departmentās leadership was ādeeply concernedā about the financial hardships its employees are facing.
All you other 798,000 employees can still piss off!
"My boss found some money to pay me! Yay, I can catch up on my bills! How about your boss, he taking care of you? No?! Geez, sucks to be you."Was it in a Walmart bag?
Found tucked away in one of the Lumpās golf carts?
Itās nice the higher ups are able to get paid, but screw the regular working people, they obviously donāt need the dough.
Wonder which shithole country they took it away from.
Pompeo better be careful. Officials who spends funds that were not authorized by congress face personal liablity for the expended funds and potential criminal liability under the Anti-Deficency Act. I would hope that the next administration (in 2021) goes after these ass-clowns personally for the money they spent without authorization.
As GAO states:
Federal employees who violate the Antideficiency Act are subject to two types of sanctions: administrative and penal. Employees may be subject to appropriate administrative discipline including, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay or removal from office. In addition, employees may also be subject to fines, imprisonment, or both.
And I might add that the criminal penalty is 2 years, and a $5,000 fine. 31 U.S. Code Ā§ 1350. There is likely a 5 year statute of limitations for the crime as that is the federal backstop SL. So lots of time for a future administration to go after folksā¦
Oh horsepuckyā¦they are suddenly āfinding moneyā to put those people to work they deem worthy but the ālittle peopleā? Well fk 'em. This is the MOST ridiculous and completely political Con owned shutdown in history!
It was not immediately clear where the money was found
No doubt there were small pots of money scattered around Foggy Bottom.
Seat cushions?
Yep, probably a few million wedged-in under the sofa cushions. Happens all the time.
They probably just unmisappropriated some funds.
It was not immediately clear where the money was found
Hey, those kids didnāt need food or vaccinations anyway.
State Dept. holds worldwide Yard Sale and makes out bigly. Mr. Tillersonās spine sells for $1.98. Next planned event is a Giant Car Wash to keep it open. MASA
Make America SCROUNGE again!
Now they can get back to answering those mountains of hate mail they receive from 98% of the world.
Read the latest TPM headline, tRump cancels Pelosiās trip to the middle east due to the shutdown. This guy is a major jerk!
Canāt comment there yet.
Ironic isnāt it? The ālittle peopleā are the ones who do the actual work.
From FEMA, or perhaps from the Coast Guard?
we need our full team to address the myriad critical issues requiring U.S. leadership around the globe and to fulfill our commitments to the American people
Putin and Koch could not be more pleased right now. US government is absolutely immobilized. The only question that remains is: how to make the shutdown permanent?
I bet Rand Paul has gone through a whole box of kleenex every night since the shutdown began.
Trump calls it āpunching backā. I hope Pelosi&Co were prepared for this. By now they must know what a pig Trump is.
Trump loses national audience for televised speech from the halls of Congress.
Pelosi has to cancel a trip, which she can reschedule almost anytime in the future.
I think Pelosi can live with this.