In a 259 to 161 vote, the House passed legislation that would provide for an across-the-board, 2.6 percent federal civilian employee pay raise.
If passed by the Senate, the legislation would counteract a federal pay freeze instituted by President Donald Trump in late 2018, which Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., called “insulting and embarrassing” on top of the impacts already imposed by the government shutdown.
The bill also includes three amendments that clarify the pay raise’s applicability to certain employees at the IRS, NASA and the Secret Service.
Republican congressmen attempted to bring the legislation back to committee for consideration, saying that the bill did not go through normal order and that not all employees deserve a pay raise.
“Everybody doesn’t deserve a pay raise all the time,” said Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., adding that the legislation makes “no effort to reward the high performers and train up the low performers.”
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Wow they just had a whole month off with pay and now they think they deserve a raise and then they don't understand why the common working man gets so pissed off
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A lot of government employees are over paid spoiled brats that think they are special and deserving of pay raises when the rest of America hasn't had a raise in years. If they really want more money then support our President who is trying real hard to make America great again but is being fought inch of the way by Democrats which most government employees are,including those lying politicians who by the way just vote themselves a raise whenever they want.
ReplyDeleteThey don't deserve what they are earning now!
ReplyDeleteI have seen the laziness and incompetence....
This is why Fed Employees vote Dem
ReplyDeleteWhy the Counties around DC in Md vote Dem
5:29 your not pissed off, becasue you keep letting them do it... Once you decide to stand up and fight back or help stop it, then you will be at that point, but while you keep running your mouth and letting it happen, No your not mad and neither is the rest of america... becasue they are good little slaves too...
ReplyDeleteWell Palosi said she will raise taxes on all of us, must be for this pay raise as I told you all so yet again!!!! I love being right all of the time and I love getting to tell you all so, over and over and over again...
ReplyDeleteMerit? What's that?
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