Fitzpatrick Pushes Bill Blocking Congressional Pay Raise
The Bucks County congressman's bill stopping an approved federal employee pay raise has passed in the House.
A bill blocking a congressional and civilian federal employee pay raise introduced by Bucks County Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick was approved in the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. on Monday. Fitzpatrick’s GOP-backed bill was approved in the House by a vote of 287-129. The Washington Post reported 55 Democrats voted with their GOP counterparts to approve the bill. The legislation rescinds the congressional and civilian federal employee pay raise that President Obama approved in the final days of 2012. The president’s approved executive order gave all non-military federal employees a cost of living pay increase starting March 27; something they have not seen in three years. If approved by the Senate and president, the Fitzpatrick bill…
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Michelle
8:55 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I am more worried about the money that the Kartrashians make than what federal/state/local government employees get per paycheck. more ›