Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., introduced legislation that would rescind the pay raises - Alaska senators are joining a growing group of lawmakers urging President Obama to rescind a recent executive order granting pay increases to Congress and other federal officials, saying the move doesn't jibe with the country's debt crisis.
They haven't been able to produce a budget in three years. The last thing this Congress needs right now is a pay increase.
Obama signed an executive that will lift a ban on pay freezes for federal employees.