President Biden’s proposed budget will call for a 5.2% pay hike for all federal employees.
The raise would go into effect next January and will be a key part of Mr. Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal 2024 starting Oct. 1. It would be the largest pay increase for roughly 2 million federal workers since President Jimmy Carter proposed a 9.1% increase in 1980.
White House officials and the Office of Management and Budget declined to comment on the measure.
Mr. Biden on Thursday will unveil his budget, which lays out his vision for the future of America and his reelection themes. However, it is likely dead on arrival in a Congress controlled by Republicans, who have already signaled they oppose any salary increase.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, Kentucky Republican, accused the president of putting the federal bureaucracy ahead of the American people as inflation runs rampant.
“President Biden and Democrats’ reckless government spending created historic inflation, which has made the cost of everything from groceries to energy increase for the American people,” Mr. Comer said in a statement to The Washington Times. “Now President Biden is continuing to ensure that federal workers’ pay and benefits are insulated from the price tag of inflation, but it will be paid for by American taxpayers who continue to be harmed by the Biden administration’s inflationary policies.”
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