The ‘Fire Fauci Act’? Here’s what QAnon’s favorite Republican doesn’t understand about federal employment law – By Jessie Bur (The Federal Times) / April 2 2021
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., introduced legislation April 1 that would reduce the salary of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci to $0 until a new director of the agency is confirmed by the Senate.
Besides the essentially nonexistent chance of such a bill, titled the Fire Fauci Act, passing either chamber of Congress, the legislation also fundamentally misunderstands the reality of Fauci’s position in the government and the intricacies of federal civilian employment.
First, the director of the NIAID, a subcomponent of the National Institutes of Health, is not a Senate-confirmed position, meaning that, even were Fauci to be fired, the next person to take up that position would receive no votes in Congress.
In fact, the position is not even listed in the Plum Book, a compilation prepared every four years by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on Government Reform that lists all civil service positions in the government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment.
