Obama Orders Pay Raise for Biden, Members of Congress, Federal Workers
12:50 PM, Dec 28, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
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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 $225,521 last year. After the pay increase, he’ll now make $231,900 per year.
Members of Congress, from the House and Senate, also will receive a little bump, as their annual salary will go from $174,000 to 174,900. Leadership in Congress, including the speaker of the House, will likewise get an increase.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-orders-raise-biden-members-congress-federal-workers_692223.html
Total waste of taxpayer money, especially for a do nothing congress.
Keep them all working and have the Congress and Senate prepare the resolution to be voted on quickly.
An up or down vote and each put on record should determine who is around in 2013.
The last cost of living increase for federal workers was in 2009 (Congress voted down the COLA in 2010, 2011) so it’s been three years since they’ve gotten any sort of increase. Considering the health insurance premiums have increased 25%- 35% in the last 3 years and most pay heavily into a 401(k) (as anyone hired after 1985 is NOT entitled to the old retirment plan), 0.5% hardly seems exhorbitants for the average federal worker. I realize everyone is scraping by but the federal payroll is a fraction of the federal budget . . . . . how about Congress does it’s damn job and cuts spending.