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Judicial COLA

Federal judges may not get their cost-of-living adjustment anytime soon. A measure to make that happen failed when Senate lawmakers killed the auto bailout bill...

Federal News Network Staff

December 23, 2008 10:05 am

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Federal judges may not get their cost-of-living adjustment anytime soon. A measure to make that happen failed when Senate lawmakers killed the auto bailout bill it was a part of. James Duff is Director for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. He thinks the COLA increase should be automatic so Congress doesn’t need to vote on it each year. Click to hear the interview.