GOP pushes to keep lawmaker pay freeze in 2017

Published April 20, 2016 3:55pm ET



House Republicans this week proposed a legislative branch spending bill that would freeze lawmaker salaries in fiscal year 2017, and keep in place a pay freeze that has been in place since 2010.

The House Appropriations Committee released its proposed spending bill late Tuesday, and is hoping to move the bill out of committee in the coming weeks.

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