House OKs own cost-of-living raise
From Times Wire Reports
The House voted 244-181 to give lawmakers a pay raise of approximately $4,400 that will increase their salaries to almost $170,000.
The cost-of-living raise gets lawmakers back on track for automatic pay raises after fights between Democrats and Republicans last year and again in January killed the pay hike due this year. It was the first interruption of the annual congressional pay hike in seven years.
The Senate has not indicated when it will deal with a similar measure.
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