The Knesset House Committee agreed to freeze the salaries of Knesset Members and government ministers for the coming year. Eleven committee members voted to forego the pay hikes, while one voted against. The full Knesset must ratify the decision regarding the ministers. The MKs\' monthly salaries were to grow by 1,000 shekels this coming January. President Moshe Katzav, too, said today that he would not accept his next automatic pay raise.