Secret Service Overtime Bill Moves Forward, Vets in Government Make Less, and More

Government Executive: A House panel voted Wednesday to advance a bill that raises the cap on total pay U.S. Secret Service employees can earn in 2017.

In August, Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles told USA Today that more than 1,000 agents had already hit the cap on the amount of overtime pay they can receive in a year. Alles initially blamed the funding crisis on the size of Trump’s family and his frequent travel, but later walked back his comments, instead saying it resulted from a number of long-running issues like staffing levels.

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