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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhile federal workers go without pay, sr Trump administration officials are poised to get $10,000
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/04/while-federal-workers-go-without-pay-senior-trump-administration-officials-are-poised-get-raises/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f0e27755207dWhile many federal workers go without pay and the government is partially shut down, hundreds of senior Trump political appointees are poised to receive annual raises of about $10,000 a year.
The pay raises for Cabinet secretaries, deputy secretaries, top administrators and even Vice President Pence are scheduled to go into effect beginning Jan. 5 without legislation to stop them, according to documents issued by the Office of Personnel Management and experts in federal pay.
The raises appear to be an unintended consequence of the shutdown: When lawmakers failed to pass bills on Dec. 21 to fund multiple federal agencies, they allowed an existing pay freeze to lapse. Congress enacted a law capping pay for top federal executives in 2013 and renewed it each year. The raises will occur because that cap will expire without legislative action by Saturday, allowing raises that have accumulated over those years but never took effect to kick in, starting with paychecks that will be issued next week.
Cabinet secretaries, for example, would be entitled to a jump in annual salary from $199,700 to $210,700. Deputy secretaries would be entitled to a raise from $179,700 to $189,600. Others affected are under secretaries, deputy directors and other top administrators.
The pay of Pence is scheduled to rise from $230,700 to $243,500.
There was no immediate comment Friday by the White House. A spokesperson for Pence also did not immediately provide comment.
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While federal workers go without pay, sr Trump administration officials are poised to get $10,000 (Original Post)
deminks
Jan 2019
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,111 posts)1. Let them eat a beautiful chocolate cake says Donny
meow2u3
(24,745 posts)3. Don't forget about the 2 scoops of ice cream
dalton99a
(81,070 posts)2. This should be a major headline on every news outlet