Biden Is Planting a Booby Trap for a Republican President, Making It Harder To Control Left-Leaning Bureaucracy

Of the 2.2 million federal civil employees, only 4,000 are presidential appointees. The rest stay in their jobs from one administration to the next, protected by rules that make it nearly impossible to discipline or replace them.

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President Biden at the White House, August 29, 2023. AP/Evan Vucci

The Biden administration is setting a booby trap in case a Republican wins the presidency in 2024. The White House unveiled on Friday a proposed rule that would make it even harder than in the past for an incoming Republican president to wrestle control of the left-leaning federal bureaucracy and actually implement the conservative policies promised to voters.

Of the 2.2 million federal civil employees, only 4,000 are presidential appointees. The rest stay in their jobs from one administration to the next, protected by rules that make it nearly impossible to discipline or replace them.

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