Senate Bill Could Extend Pay Freeze Until 2014

A new bill introduced in the Senate last week could extend the pay freeze imposed on federal employees and Congress through 2014. Cosponsors of the bill — which also aims to cut the federal workforce by 115,000 workers through attrition — said the extended freeze would help ease the billions of dollars in defense budget cuts. Last week the House of Representatives passed a similar bill extending the federal civilian pay freeze through 2013. Read more (Federal Daily).