http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-12-10-federal-pay-salaries_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
it doesnt matter who recomended it , the point is who are they to take a raise when so many are not getting a cost of living raise
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obama making it rain for his hommies.
tonalc2
Yes, and the reasons for it:
Then-president Bush recommended — and Congress approved — across-the-board raises of 3% in January 2008 and 3.9% in January 2009.
Congress created a new National Security Pay Scale for the Defense Department to reward merit, in addition to the across-the-board increases. The merit raises, which started in January 2008, were larger than expected and rewarded high-ranking employees.
Many top civil servants are prohibited from making more than an agency's leader. But if Congress lifts the boss' salary, others get raises, too.