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Members of Congress would lose their annual cost-of-living pay raises under a proposal that's headed for a vote in the Senate next week.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would not accept a pay raise recommended by a state compensation commission, according to a spokesman.
Senate Democrats are going to strip a cost-of-living pay raise for federal judges from a bill that would provide $14 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans to bail out the Detroit-based automakers.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would have doubled salaries for the state's lawmakers.
The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill early Thursday that authorizes $601.4 billion in defense spending for next year, including a 3.9 percent pay raise for troops.
Despite low approval ratings and hard feelings from last year's elections, Democrats and Republicans in the House are reaching out for an approximately $4,400 pay raise that would increase their salaries to almost $170,000.
When Democrats blasted Republicans last fall for taking annual congressional pay raises while blocking numerous attempts to raise the minimum wage, it was an effective campaign tactic. Democrats vowed not to accept the annual cost-of-living hike until Congress increases the minimum wage.
Members of Congress are in line for a $3,300 pay raise effective Jan. 1 unless they block it, and Democrats said Thursday they intend to try.
Muskogee teachers, staff to get raisesMuskogee Public Schools teachers, counselors, bus drivers, custodians and other certified and support personnel will get salary increases this years while most administrators will see none.
Federal judges lose bid for pay raisesReporting from Washington -- Joining the many who felt shortchanged by 2008 are the nation's federal judges.
Is Hillary Clinton Unconstitutional?So Hillary Clinton is "on track" to be the nation's top diplomat, huh? Well, setting aside the wisdom of that decision — forget ideology; does she have both foreign policy expertise and a good working relationship with the President-elect? — it appears that there may b …
How Self-Serving Can They Get? If there ever was a time for New York legislators to get a pay raise, this isn't it. Gov. Eliot Spitzer has just warned that the state's economic forecast is bleaker than he thought only weeks ago, and he is proposing an array of cuts in the state's $124 billion budget.
If you've ever doubted that Congress can come together to accomplish anything, today will stand out as a rare, shining moment of agreement. What did they agree on? Giving themselves a raise.
Bush opposes pay raise for troops, wants tax cuts for richThe Bush White House has declared that the 3.5% pay raise for the troops proposed by Democrats as being "unnecessary" but requested the legislature to make the President's tax cuts for the rich permanent, actions that have earned the administration the wrath of unions.
Brazilian enraged at lawmaker payraise stabs congressmanRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A woman apparently incensed over a 91-per-cent pay raise legislators granted themselves last week stabbed a prominent member of congress in the back Monday, police said.
Lameduck GOP Congress aiming for last-day payraiseMembers of Congress are in line for a $3,300 pay raise effective Jan. 1 unless they block it, and Democrats said Thursday they intend to try.
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