07/13/2009
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"This idea of firing 50,000 civil servants and replacing them with his own little army of extreme conservatives should be something that concerns all of us."
"The real purpose of the executive order was to provide the former President with the ability to dismiss, at start, at least 50,000 dedicated civil servants and replace them with political appointees a..."
"Returning to the spoils system is a bad idea for America."
"I introduced a bipartisan bill, the Saving the Civil Service Act, which would require any President must seek the approval of Congress before significantly expanding the accepted service in the civil ..."