House votes to maintain freeze on lawmaker pay

House lawmakers voted Friday to freeze their own pay in a $3.48 billion measure that raises spending slightly on House and Capitol Hill operations in 2017.

Lawmakers voted 233-175 in favor of the bill, which is the first fiscal 2017 spending measure passed under the new Republican process that blocks the normal open amendment process. Republicans voted this week to require pre-approval for all spending bill amendments after Democrats began tacking on pro-LGBT provisions, including one that scuttled another spending proposal.