As the chairman of the Armed Services Committee and the Senator from Maryland know, the Budget Committee has included language assuming parity between the raises granted to Federal employees and members of the armed services in the Committee Report on the Budget Resolution for the past 2 years.
Discussing budget resolutions related to federal employee and military pay raises.
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