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S 3583 110th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Disciplining of employees Federal employees Personnel management Political parties

Political Independence of the Civil Service Act of 2008

Introduced: September 25, 2008 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Sep 25, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sep 25, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Political Independence of the Civil Service Act of 2008 - Makes civil service protection for federal employees inapplicable to any individual whose appointment was a prohibited personnel practice because it was made on the basis of political affiliation.

What's happening now September 25, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3583: Political Independence of the Civil Service Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3583/
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"S. 3583: Political Independence of the Civil Service Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3583/.
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S. 3583, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3583/.
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