Key Republican calls for aggressive spending cuts, freezes

The Hill reports:

Congress should cut discretionary spending and freeze federal workers' pay, the top Senate Republican on budget issues urged.

Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, said that Congress should cut discretionary spending by 2 percent over the next five years, along with a three-year freeze on cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for federal employees.