Federal Insider: Congress weighs bills affecting federal workers

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	Friday, April 27, 2012

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FILE - In this March 2, 2010 file photo, letter carrier Kevin Pownall delivers mail in Philadelphia. Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Bills affecting federal workers begin moving through Congress

Lisa Rein

Several measures that could have big consequences for federal workers began moving through Congress this week.

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PATUXENT RIVER, MD - SEPTEMBER 1: Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Ray Mabus speaks to the media as he stands near pilots of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels also known as the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron on Thursday September 1, 2011 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Patuxent River, MD. The Navy will have the Blue Angels use a biofuel in their aircraft. The flight demonstration squadron was in town for the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Air Expo that runs Saturday September 3 and Sunday September 4, 2011. (Photo by Matt McClain/For The Washington Post)

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