0.5% Pay Raise for 2013?

Well if it goes through how much will it cost the Government.  In 2011 Federal Employees made $178,495,000,000 based on the Department of Treasury Report.  0.5% of that number = 892,475,000 or just under a Billion dollars.  Considering the US Debt is now nearing 15.2 Trillion and rising nearly 100 Billion each month another Billion isn't going to matter much.