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Spending bill passes in Senate including 4.1% pay raise

Friday, January 23, 2004

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The omnibus spending bill has been passed by the Senate. This bill contains a 4.1% pay raise for federal employees. The raise will be retroactive to January 1st. Most federal employees received a portion of the raise as of January 1st. The bill now goes to President Bush for signature.

This is the second year that federal employees have received a pay raise of 4.1% and the second year in a row that the raise has been delayed and made retroactive to January 1st. Federal employees have received an annual pay raise of between 2-5% each year since 1987.

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  • The people who are to blame are the President and Congress and no one else. My suggestion is that we stop THEIR PAY until they learn to pass bills, etc on time. I am not unhappy with the raise but am unhappy when they decide to stop ours until they can get their act together. Did the military have t...
    Posted: January 26, 2004 8:51 AM
  • WHAT - I haven't heard that HR people will be loosing their jobs in the near future. Please explain....
    Posted: January 26, 2004 8:24 AM
  • I just don't understand all the complaining. I think that in todays economy if you think you can do better maybe it would be better for you and us for you to leave the government. I have personally worked for companies that did not give any raises and no bonuses. This is why I came back to the go...
    Posted: January 24, 2004 8:01 AM

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