Senate bill would give federal employees a 3.3 percent raise in 2015

The Washington Post: Two Senate Democrats have proposed a bill that would give federal employees a 3.3-percent pay raise in 2015, matching a Democrat-sponsored House measure introduced in March.

Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and  Ben Cardin (D-Md.) proposed the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) act on Friday, saying the legislation would help make up for the three-year pay freeze that ended in 2014, after President Obama ordered a 1 percent raise for federal workers.

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