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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., outlines his annual "Wastebook," which points a critical finger at billions of dollars in questionable government spending, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress unwilling to offend federal employee unions by limiting official time

Mark Flatten · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

Infographic: Buying union influence with official time

Chris Henderson · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Federal employee unions use tax-funded official time, money to build political muscle

Mark Flatten · February 5, 2014 5:00 am
Lobbying Congress is permitted. And high on the perennial list of union legislative priorities is killing any bill that would limit official time.

Too Big To Manage: Public pays for government unions to lobby for more federal spending

Mark Flatten · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Infographic: Too Big to Manage

Chris Henderson · February 3, 2014 5:00 am
Air traffic controllers, nurses, lawyers and others employed by the government spend thousands of hours each year doing union business on official time. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

Too Big to Manage: Taxpayers fund top-dollar federal employee union reps through official time

Mark Flatten · February 3, 2014 5:00 am
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