{"id":2017208,"date":"2023-08-30T18:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boebert-files-four-amendments-to-slash-lloyd-austin-and-dod-officials-salaries\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T18:23:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:23:23","slug":"boebert-files-four-amendments-to-slash-lloyd-austin-and-dod-officials-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boebert-files-four-amendments-to-slash-lloyd-austin-and-dod-officials-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Boebert proposes four amendments to reduce salaries of Lloyd Austin and DOD officials."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboebert-files-four-amendments-to-slash-lloyd-austin-and-dod-officials-salaries%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Lauren Boebert Files Salary-Slashing Amendments to Hold DOD Officials Accountable<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has taken a bold step by filing four salary-slashing Holman rule amendments to the Department of Defense appropriations bill. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-5-common-sense-education-proposals-democrats-shot-down\/\" title=\"Here Are 5 Common Sense Education Proposals Democrats Shot Down\">amendments aim<\/a> to cut the salaries\u2064 of officials \u200bwho Boebert believes have failed in their leadership roles.<\/p>\n<p>The Holman rule provides members with the opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-brewing-in-gop-over-justice-department-funding-after-trump-indictment\/\" title=\"GOP divided over Justice Department funding amid Trump indictment.\">file amendments<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play\/\" title=\"McConnell Warns Democrats What Republicans Will Do If Democrats End Filibuster: \u2018Would Be Child\u2019s Play\u2019\">appropriations bills<\/a> in order\u2063 to reduce \u200cthe salaries of federal\u200c employees. While this rule is rarely utilized, members\u2063 of the House Freedom Caucus, including Boebert, have been considering it as an alternative to impeachment in \u200dthis new Congress.<\/p>\n<h3>Targeted Officials\u200d and\u2064 Slashed Salaries<\/h3>\n<p>Boebert&#8217;s amendments specifically target Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Assistant Secretary of \u200cDefense \u200bfor Readiness Shawn Skelly, Director of the Office \u2063for Diversity, Equity,\u200b and Inclusion Cyrus Salazar, Director of DOD Diversity and Inclusion Novel Dillard, and Under \u2062Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gil\u200d Cisneros. If these amendments \u200bpass, \u200btheir salaries will\u200c be reduced to a mere $1.<\/p>\n<h3>Accountability for Failed Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>In a statement, Boebert expressed her\u2062 determination to hold DOD officials accountable for their alleged failed \u2062leadership, which she believes has compromised \u2063the \u200dUnited States military&#8217;s ability to defend the nation. She\u200d cited examples such as the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and the implementation\u2064 of a &#8220;woke&#8221; agenda that \u200bshe \u200cclaims \u200bhas weakened the\u2063 military and hindered recruitment.<\/p>\n<h3>Similar \u200cAmendments and Conservative Dissatisfaction<\/h3>\n<p>Rep.\u200c Paul\u2063 Gosar (R-AZ) has also\u200b filed a similar amendment \u200dtargeting outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff \u200dChairman Mark Milley. However, since Milley is set\u200b to retire in October, the impact of this amendment,\u2064 if\u2062 passed, will be minimal.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have been threatening \u200dto\u200d use the Holman rule since the beginning of this\u2063 Congress due to \u2062their dissatisfaction with \u200dthe performance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chip-companies-top-us-officials-discuss-china-policy\/\" title=\"Chip companies and US officials discuss China policy.\">administration\u2064 officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges\u2062 and Potential Sideline<\/h3>\n<p>Passing \u2063appropriations bills has \u2062proven \u200cto be challenging this year, and it is likely that \u2064these amendments will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boebert-files-four-amendments-to-slash-lloyd-austin-and-dod-officials-salaries\/\" title=\"Boebert proposes four amendments to reduce salaries of Lloyd Austin and DOD officials.\">face similar\u200d obstacles<\/a>. Despite\u2063 their intentions, they \u200cmay ultimately get sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that \u200dthese \u200bamendments are\u200d not the first attempts to\u2064 target\u2062 DOD officials. Earlier this month, Rep. \u200bCory Mills (R-FL) filed an impeachment resolution against Austin, accusing him of dereliction of duty in relation \u2063to the \u200bbotched Afghanistan withdrawal that resulted in the loss of 13 American service members to a suicide \u200cbomber.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mills emphasized the importance of leadership accountability, \u2064stating, &#8220;When there&#8217;s a fault, you got\u2063 to stare in the mirror because, ultimately, you&#8217;re the one that \u200bholds the buck, and \u200byou&#8217;re the one responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The\u2063 Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) proposed four Holman rule amendments to slash salaries in the Department of Defense appropriations bill. These amendments aim to reduce the pay of officials deemed ineffective in their roles. 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