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Fri Aug 28, 2015, 06:54 PM Aug 2015

Obama orders pay raise for military, fed workers

By Rebecca Shabad - 08/28/15 04:52 PM EDT

President Obama on Friday ordered a 1 percent across-the-board base pay increase for federal civilian workers and a 1.3 percent raise for members of the military in 2016.

For federal civilian workers, the president said he would decide by Nov. 30 whether to tack on locality payments that could potentially increase their pay raise to 1.3 percent.

The wage hikes will take effect on Jan. 1, unless Congress proposes an alternative pay plan.

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Congress, however, can pass legislation to establish an alternative pay plan at any point. Democrats in the House and Senate earlier this year proposed a 3.8 percent federal pay raise, but it is not expected to pass muster in the GOP-controlled Congress.

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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/252223-obama-orders-pay-raise-for-federal-workers-military
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Obama orders pay raise for military, fed workers (Original Post) pinboy3niner Aug 2015 OP
Another piss poor raise by Obama itsrobert Aug 2015 #1
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