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Article Title: Federal employee issues deferred by Congress
Snippet of Article: "...no federal raise will be paid in January, one still is possible. The White House favors a 0.5 percent raise in April, while federal employee unions are pushing for such an increase to be made retroactive to the start of 2013. A continued freeze through all of 2013 also is possible...."
Article Title: Cuts could hit programs, federal employment
Snippet of Article: "...Earlier, the House passed a more wide-ranging package of spending cuts that would require all federal employees to pay an additional 5 percent of salary toward their retirement annuities, phased in over five years. The House also has endorsed steps including a 10 percent reduction in the federal workforce through attrition and extending the freeze on federal salary rates...."
