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GOP Assault on Federal Pay Puts Obama in Politically Difficult Position - FoxNews.com
GOP Assault on Federal Pay Puts Obama in Politically Difficult Position - FoxNews.com
Obama may have to choose between satisfying his base or placating independents who moved overwhelming into the Republican camp in the midterm elections two weeks ago based in part on their frustration over the growth of government in the past two years.
Already a flurry of proposals have been offered to slash spending on government functionaries.
Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner has called for a freeze in hiring and pay raises. Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said his federal payroll plan could save taxpayers $35 billion.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the top Republican on the subcommittee with oversight of the federal workforce who is likely to become the panel's next chairman, wants a 10 percent across-the-board pay cut.
Chaffetz told FoxNews.com on Tuesday that the federal payroll has grown by an additional 141,000 federal workers -- not counting Census employees, postal workers and uniformed members of the military -- since Obama took office. The president wants to hire 125,000 more workers.
Including compensation, the current cost of the federal workforce is $447 billion, he said.