{"id":18313,"date":"2020-11-18T22:15:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T22:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/18\/40-senators-introduce-bill-to-block-trumps-civil-service-reorg\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:48:43","slug":"40-senators-introduce-bill-to-block-trumps-civil-service-reorg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2020\/11\/18\/40-senators-introduce-bill-to-block-trumps-civil-service-reorg\/","title":{"rendered":"40 senators introduce bill to block Trump\u2019s civil service reorg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large coalition of Senate Democrats led by Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced legislation Nov. 18 that would block President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/hr\/2020\/10\/22\/trump-orders-the-removal-of-some-feds-from-competitive-service\/\" target=_blank>Oct. 21 executive order<\/a> creating a new classification of excepted service feds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order mandated the creation of a Schedule F category for federal employees that perform policy-centered work, removing many protections those employees currently have to appeal removal from their job and enabling agency leaders to fill those positions without public competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis recent executive order will not only strip protections away from hard-working, dedicated civil servants, but it also recklessly creates chaos and dysfunction during the ongoing pandemic and presidential transition,\u201d said Peters in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur country is facing a number of serious challenges that must be quickly and effectively tackled, from safeguarding our national security to addressing the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 and non-partisan federal employees carry out this critical work. 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