Obama Pay Freeze

It is time for our political leaders to focus on what it will take for government to succeed against a tide of increasing challenges and decreasing resources. More politically motivated quick wins are not the answer.

WASHINGTON — The average federal worker earns about 2 percent more than a private sector worker in a comparable profession, though the governmen...

The Obama administration, looking to bolster its deficit-cutting credentials and show its desire to take on what some label a "special interest" -- organized labor -- just announced a two-year freeze on the wages of all federal workers.

Perhaps the best that can be said about Obama's preemptive sacrifice to the deficit-reduction gods -- a two-year freeze on pay for non-military federal workers -- is that it represents small change. But the price isn't as small as the numbers suggest.

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's decision to support a two-year pay freeze on federal employees is sparking yet another wave of angst and eyeb...

The Obama administration announced on Monday an ambitious plan to freeze the salaries of federal employees for two years in an effort to address massi...

***Scroll down for video and Obama's full remarks*** On Obama's first day in office, Republicans expressed resistance to the Democratic stimulus plan...