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Arthel: a major blow to unions representing federal workers. president trump signing an executive order that significantly overhauls the government workforce. the order gives federal agencies more leeway to fire low performing workers and allows them to slash the time that federal employees can spend on union activity while on the clock. the president's executive order fulfills a campaign promise to cut down on activity of federal unions representing more than 2 million government employees. mike: nasa mourning the death of astronaut alan bean. the 86-year-old died after getting sick while tra...

Like half an hour if they get their questions answered. it's so appalling. i would be ashamed to run the irs if i was in charge of the irs. >> it's millions of phone calls. what we did today in this hearing is look, here is where the money is $60 billion in bonuses paid out. 500,000 hours in paid union activity supported by the american taxpayer. $2.1 million going to a whited shoe law firm with 1,000 bucks an hour paid by billed by partners. >> what law firm. >> i don't know off the top of my head. >> they have got a lot of lawyers. why can't the irs use the lawyers inside? >> $100 million fo...

>> customer service is far worse than anyone would want. simple matter not having enough people to answer the phones and provide services at our walk-in sites. as a result of the cuts in our budget. >> reporter: well today this ways and means subcommittee will present a new majority report to commissioner koskinen that shows, this is direct quote, the irs deliberately cut 134 million in funding for customer service to pay for other activities. spending decisions entirely under irs's control led to 16 million fewer taxpayers receiving irs assistance this filing season. other spending choices pr...

People from different foreign origins. it's just not clear. >> can i ask you a separate question about the second significant decision made by the supreme court today? this is on the issue of unions today. how damaging could this be for unions in this country? >> i think it's pretty damaging. i think it clearly opens the floodgates in terms of challenges. the court has laid out what it thinks has been wrong over the last 40-plus years about its own rulings and understandings that have existed that have required people to pay their fair share of negotiating a labor contract from which they bene...

Would be the deadliest attack yet on ukrainian forces. watch that headline, watching that story. martha: so the irs does more than just collect your tax dollars. they spend a lot of your time at the office carrying out union activity for the members of the irs. the irs employees spent more than $500,000 conducting union business in one year, all of that union business was conducted by the irs workers during their work hours from nine to five. because $23 million in man-hours. that is the report. lou dobbs is here. good to have you here. this is a head shaker. this information has been out ther...