Government Executive: Democrats in both the House and Senate announced Friday that they have reintroduced a bill that would override the White House’s reported plans to freeze civilian federal employee pay next year.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, introduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act (H.R. 4775 and S. 2295), which would provide a 3 percent raise for all federal workers in 2019.
Last month, a report released by Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee revealed that President Trump will seek a governmentwide pay freeze in 2019. At the time, Connolly described the proposal as “dunderheaded” and “foolish.” Trump formalized a plan last month that provides federal workers a 1.9 percent pay increase for this year.
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