Bill to raise judicial salaries by 29% runs into trouble
Tony Mauro reports on the Legal Times:
. . . A 29 percent salary increase passed both the House and Senate Judiciary committees with the backing of civic groups and editorial writers nationwide.
But soon after the Senate committee’s Jan. 31 vote, political and budget distractions slowed the momentum to the point where one Senate staffer now says passage of the raise probably depends on “what other bill we can attach it to” before the August recess. And if not then, its fate may be decided in the mad scramble of a post-election session of Congress at the end of 2008.
One complication that has taken some wind out of the sails is the batch of last-minute amendments to the legislation tacked on by senators . . .