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House freezes pay raise for 2010
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Feb 25, 2009 07:27pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Thursday, February 26, 2009 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Jordy Yager
Posted: 02/25/09 06:20 PM [ET]
House lawmakers moved Wednesday to freeze their automatic pay hike next year by voting to debate the omnibus spending bill.
Republicans, in an unusual move, mostly voted for the Democratic rule governing debate, because they didn’t want to be targeted by campaign ads that they voted in favor of raising their pay.
The rule on debate contained the amendment freezing 2010’s pay increase, and Republicans said Democrats trapped them into voting for the rule by attaching the pay-freezing measure.
“It was kind of a manipulative thing to do,” said a Republican aide. “It was unusual that we supported the rule, especially one on a bill that we have so many problems with, but because of what they did with the pay increase, they could have used that vote against us.”
Only 18 Republicans and seven Democrats voted against the rule.
“They had us in a situation where if we had voted against the rule they could have said that we voted against freezing the pay increase,” said the aide.
Lawmakers automatically receive a cost-of-living adjustment every year to keep in step with inflation. |
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