short term funding bill

December 19, 2018 | Staff Writer

Van Hollen Pushes for Federal Pay Raise

Although President Trump has frozen federal salaries for 2019, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday he will file an amendment to the short-term funding bill providing employees with a 1.9 percent raise. The bipartisan bill would keep the government open, averting a shutdown and denying Trump the border wall. Trump can freeze civil servants’ […]

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