House bill would save $35 billion by cutting federal workforce

By Sarah Bedford

Published January 25, 2015 10:00am ET

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House bill would save $35 billion by cutting federal workforce — The bill means to "draw attention to the fact that the the government is growing in size much too quickly." (iStock Photo)

If the federal government hired one employee for every three that retired or quit, it could trim $35 billion from the budget over the next half-decade without firing a single worker.

That’s the idea behind a House bill introduced by Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., Tuesday called the Federal Workforce Reduction Through Attrition Act.

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