ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The House of Delegates has rejected a measure that would have forced them to vote on their planned salary increase, rather than letting it take effect automatically.

Legislators are set to receive a 15.7-percent pay raise over the next four years. It will be their first since 2006.

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