U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL) tonight voted to continue the existing pay freeze for Members of Congress and all federal employees for at least an additional year. The House passed the bill, HR 3835, by a vote of 309-117.
Manzullo, who has voted more than 700 times to cut more than $2.6 trillion in spending since 2007, opposes President Obama’s plan to give government employees a pay raise this year. The legislation Manzullo supported tonight continues the pay freeze for Members of Congress for the third straight year.
In addition, Manzullo voted this year to cut 6.4 percent from the budgets Members of Congress use to pay their office employees and expenses. Manzullo supported an additional 5 percent office budget cut last year.
“With many Americans facing stagnant wages and unemployment lines, a pay raise for federal employees as President Obama has proposed is out of the question. I again voted tonight to continue the pay freeze for Members of Congress, their staffs, and all federal employees for another year. I have also voted to cut the office budgets Members of Congress use to pay their staffs and expenses by 11.4 percent over the last two years,” Manzullo said. “With the government continuing to borrow 42 cents of every dollar it spends, Congress must get serious about cutting spending and reducing our budget deficit. Cutting our own office budgets is a good start.”
Manzullo, who has voted more than 700 times to cut more than $2.6 trillion in spending since 2007, opposes President Obama’s plan to give government employees a pay raise this year. The legislation Manzullo supported tonight continues the pay freeze for Members of Congress for the third straight year.
In addition, Manzullo voted this year to cut 6.4 percent from the budgets Members of Congress use to pay their office employees and expenses. Manzullo supported an additional 5 percent office budget cut last year.
“With many Americans facing stagnant wages and unemployment lines, a pay raise for federal employees as President Obama has proposed is out of the question. I again voted tonight to continue the pay freeze for Members of Congress, their staffs, and all federal employees for another year. I have also voted to cut the office budgets Members of Congress use to pay their staffs and expenses by 11.4 percent over the last two years,” Manzullo said. “With the government continuing to borrow 42 cents of every dollar it spends, Congress must get serious about cutting spending and reducing our budget deficit. Cutting our own office budgets is a good start.”
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