House lawmakers advanced a bill that would block an automatic congressional pay raise, moving to extend a 15-year pay freeze.
The House Appropriations Committee advanced its fiscal 2025 Legislative Branch funding bill in a markup Thursday, after adding an amendment to block an automatic cost-of-living increase. Lawmakers have consistently inserted measures into government-funding bills to deny themselves a raise every year since their last pay bump in 2009. Members voted, 33-24, to advance the bill.
Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) said the action may violate US Constitution restrictions on members voting to cut their own pay. Hoyer ...