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Obama aims to cancel a salary freeze in the budget for 2013
Saturday, 07 January to January, 2012 11:58
White House official said that U.S. President Barack Obama will propose end to a freeze on salaries in the federal plan for the next budget to give government employees a salary increase by 0.5 percent. An official at the White House budget office will be to outline the increase in the president's budget for the year 2013. This increase will end a two-year freeze imposed in 2010.
It is expected the release of the budget in early February. The official said that "any permanent freeze is not good policy," referring to the impact of a salary freeze, which lasted two years on the staff of the government's two million people.
In this proposal, which requires the approval of House Republicans challenged Obama in Congress who sought to extend the freeze on salaries until September 2013. The Republicans want to use these savings amounting to $ 26 billion to help cover the costs of reducing payroll taxes, which amounted to $ 120 billion until the end of the year.
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Saturday, 07 January to January, 2012 11:58
White House official said that U.S. President Barack Obama will propose end to a freeze on salaries in the federal plan for the next budget to give government employees a salary increase by 0.5 percent. An official at the White House budget office will be to outline the increase in the president's budget for the year 2013. This increase will end a two-year freeze imposed in 2010.
It is expected the release of the budget in early February. The official said that "any permanent freeze is not good policy," referring to the impact of a salary freeze, which lasted two years on the staff of the government's two million people.
In this proposal, which requires the approval of House Republicans challenged Obama in Congress who sought to extend the freeze on salaries until September 2013. The Republicans want to use these savings amounting to $ 26 billion to help cover the costs of reducing payroll taxes, which amounted to $ 120 billion until the end of the year.
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