Fight Over Federal Firefighter Pay
Some federal fire crews could see a 50% pay cut by Oct. if Congress doesn't act House Democrats want to make permanent a temporary raise they received in President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill Rep. Pete Aguilar, the chair of House Democrats, told me: "this is a no brainer...we hope House Republicans value federal wildland firefighters." We spoke in San Bernardino where county fire crews are concerned about the domino effect if federal firefighters see this pay cut.
