by Claudine Zap Will this recession ever end? While the belt-tightening continues, you may want to take comfort in the fact that Congress members have to do more with less, too: President Obama signed a law that denied Congress its cost-of-living increase for the second year running . To be fair, Congress voted not to give themselves raises. (If they don't, the raise just happens automatically. Hey, we want that job.) As the Hill pointed out ,