Common sense and federal pay

Pay freeze bill comes up for a vote - The Washington Post:
FactCheck.org : CBO Offers Its Two Cents on Federal Pay:
The direct cost of congress:

While Common Sense is often critical of the House Republicans this is one proposal that makes a good deal of common sense.  Government, all of government, should face the same economic constraints as the rest of society.  This measure helps and Common Sense thinks that the Senate should pass the measure and send it to the president.

That said, there is more that congress should do to cut its own excessive spending.  As mentioned last year, the cost of congress itself has risen much more rapidly than the consumer price index.   Common Sense thinks congress should reduce its own salaries and spending to closely follow the CPI.  That's just common sense.