Area Votes In Congress

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Sat, 08/01/2015 - 10:32pm

WASHINGTON - Here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress voted on major issues last week: House Civil-service job protections. Voting 256-170, the House on Wednesday passed a bill (HR 1994) reducing certain civil-service protections to make it easier for supervisors to fire or demote poorly performing employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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