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wages of federal workers. they have not had a pay raise in two years, stacey cohan is live on capitol hill with more on the wage battle. good morning alison no wage increase in two years if things keep heading in this direction it will be another year before federal workers can consider getting a pay increase that is because in the house, republican leaders pushed through a plan that would indeed freeze their pay yet another year. included in that plan is a pay freeze for congress, they also would not get a raise their average, the rank and file would be $174,000 leadership would get slightly more than that. this is all part of a republican effort to find a way to fund payroll tax cuts that is the cut that was extended for two months back in december it amounts to the average pay cut for the average american. president obama wants this payroll tax cut extended, republicans say they must find a way to pay for it they are urging for federal workers to contribute a gre ....

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