Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would give Federal employees a 3.8 percent pay raise in 2016. The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act has about two dozen co-sponsors, including Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Elijah Cummings (D-Md.),Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) & Donald Beyer (D-Va.). Connolly's bill is a companion bill to one recently introduced in the Senate by Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) & Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
Feds have endured a 3-year wage freeze, 4 years without locality pay, higher retirement contributions for certain employees, wage-reducing work furloughs, cuts from sequestration and a government shutdown! We are a far cry from the nobility of public service that Presidents Kennedy & campaign-Obama espoused! Support Feds! ENOUGH!