2010 Pay Raise

[fabijo]

Okay, I guess now it really is official.

President Barack Obama today signed into law the omnibus appropriations bill which includes a 1.5 percent base pay increase for federal civilian employees and a 0.5 percent locality pay increase.

http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog/2009/12/salary_increase_now_law.php

And here:

President Barack Obama has signed into law a $1.1 trillion bill that increases the budgets in many areas of the government by about 10 percent, including health, law enforcement and veterans' programs.

Obama signed the bill privately at the White House on Wednesday after receiving the bill from Congress on Sunday.

The bill lumps together six of the 12 annual appropriations bills for the 2010 budget year that began Oct. 1.

Most Republicans opposed the bill, citing runaway federal spending. They also pointed to an estimated $3.9 billion for more than 5,000 local projects sought by lawmakers from both parties.

Democrats said the spending would help the economy recover from the recession.

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