House Members Ask Supercommittee to Leave Feds Pay Alone

Some lawmakers are urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to stop any cuts to federal pay and benefits. A letter sent by 16 ranking members of House committees to the debt supercommittee stated that federal employees have sacrificed enough. Federal workers are currently under a two year pay freeze while agencies are cutting discretionary spending and reducing the workforce through early retirements and furloughs. The supercommittee has until Nov. 23 to submit recommendations to cut at lease $1.5 trillion from the national deficit. Read more (Federal News Radio).