Senators push bill to provide better military pay raises, salaries for senior enlisted

Military Times: WASHINGTON — Frustrated over increasing issues with military salaries, a pair of senators on Wednesday will introduce new legislation to ensure “equal compensation” among senior enlisted servicemembers and limit the president’s ability to reduce troops’ pay raises.

The bill — sponsored by Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. — could affect President Donald Trump’s plans for the 2018 military pay raise, if lawmakers finalize the measure before the end of August.

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