Federal workers could see 1.9 percent pay increase in bill to avoid shutdown
By Mitchell Miller | @mmillerwtop February 13, 2019 7:14 pm
WASHINGTON — Federal workers would receive a 1.9 percent pay increase under language included in legislation aimed at averting a government shutdown, according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
The pay hike would be less than the 2.6 percent increase the military received in legislation that Congress passed last year.
President Donald Trump has proposed a pay freeze for federal employees. But lawmakers from the Washington area, who represent tens of thousands of federal workers, have been pushing to get them a pay increase.
The final language of the legislation to avoid the shutdown is still being worked out.
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