Thursday, March 6, 2008

Budget Battles

The president has proposed a 2.9 percent raise for federal employees and a 3.4 percent raise for the military, even though Congress traditionally prefers parity in pay adjustments between civilian and military personnel.

Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, is fighting for a 3.9 percent pay increase. The NTEU is also lobbying for a full repeal of the Homeland Security Department's new personnel system.

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