by Jane Richey | Feb 10, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The president of the American Federation of Government Employees says a one-percent increase is “absolutely unconscionable.” The head of the largest federal employee union said Saturday that President Obama’s proposal to increase pay for federal...
by Jane Richey | Jan 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
The fiscal cliff deal contains a one-sentence provision that would block a scheduled cost-of-living adjustment for representatives and senators that is due to take place when the continuing resolution under which the federal government is currently operating expires...
by Jane Richey | Dec 29, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama issued an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal employees, in effect giving some federal workers a raise. One federal worker now to receive a pay increase is Vice President Joe Biden. According to disclosure forms, Biden made a cool...