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Defend America on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:34:55 PM
Hoyer: Balancing Budget ‘Further Ahead Than I Want to Plan’ – Opposes Congressional Pay Freeze
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
By
Matt Cover, Staff Writer
Washington (CNSNews.com) – House
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) rejected the idea of continuing a
congressional pay freeze until Congress can balance the budget, saying
that it would take “a long time” until the budget might be balanced –
too long, he said, for Congress to go without a pay raise.
Speaking to reporters at his weekly press briefing, Hoyer explained
that Congress had already frozen its pay by rejecting a cost of living
increase. However, extending that freeze was too much for Hoyer to
support.
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