Congressional Negotiators Budget for Pay Raise In Spending Package

Government Executive: Lawmakers negotiating federal agency appropriations for fiscal 2019 included in one of their just-unveiled compromise bills a provision that would fund a 1.9 percent pay raise for civilian employees next year, further indicating Congress is set to overrule President Trump’s proposal for a pay freeze.

The language was included in a conference report setting annual funding for the departments of Defense, Labor, Education and Health and Human Services, which the bipartisan, bicameral group issued to iron out the differences between previous iterations approved separately by the House and Senate.

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