Trump Administration Freezes Raises for Pence and Cabinet Members

[TomCADem]

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced late Friday night that it would freeze a pay raise for Vice President Mike Pence, members of the cabinet and other high-ranking political appointees in light of the partial government shutdown.

The high-level officials were positioned to receive a raise of about $10,000 a year — which was to go into effect on Saturday — as 800,000 federal employees were entering their third week without pay.

The increases were the result of Congress’s failure to renew a longstanding freeze on raises for high-ranking officials and political appointees. An extension of the freeze was included in the spending bills funding multiple government agencies that were not acted on before the expiration on Thursday of the 115th Congress.

But on Friday night, the Office of Personnel Management announced that “it would be prudent for agencies to continue to pay these senior political officials at the frozen rate until appropriations legislation is enacted that would clarify the status of the freeze.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/vice-president-pence-pay-raise.html

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Oops. The Trump appointees got caught just before the raises were implemented.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. Thanks Tom

[Andy823]

2. Don't like this part

"...until appropriations legislation is enacted that would clarify the status of the freeze.”

If there is a freeze then Pence and the others should NOT get a raise when the shut down is over. This seems to say it has to be "clarified" so they could still get it.

[onenote]

9. They won't get a raise.

The freeze will be reinstated retroactively (just as furloughed employees will get paid).

[KWR65]

3. The president can't change the law that has already passed. They will get their pay raise.

This is political BS for consumption by the voters. This is lazy reporting by the NY Times.

[onenote]

10. No they won't.

The freeze will be reinstated retroactively.

[louis-t]

4. Uh, they shouldn't be paid at all until shutdown is over.

Especially dum dum and poopy pants pence.

[dawg day]

5. How come they get paid at all?

The Coast guard isn't getting paid, and they're a lot more essential than the vice president.

[Delmette2.0]

6. This too, is on the R's for not bringing this up in time.

The shut down was implemented so the House and the Senate knew the freeze was due to expire. McConnell and Ryan both had to have ignored the expiration date thiinking it would slip by everyone.

[SayItLoud]

7. Media still not confirming if the GRIFTER has been donating his monthly salary to charity...I'm

betting since he's NOT bragging, he not donating!

[Chemisse]

8. You mean it's not a great idea to give yourselves a $10K raise while the 'peons' are not being paid?

I guess that means a few brain cells were firing in the White House over the last couple of days after all. Just a few. Like at a Neanderthal level.

[Traildogbob]

11. Pay Raises????

Let's not forget that before the shutdown that this administration already froze planned COL pay increases for all federal employees. None of which would be $10,000 dollars. As a state faculty retiree in N.C., year after year we never got pay raises while state Government continued to vote themselves raises. We would get a paid day off, of which you could not use b/c classes had to be covered. The first day in office McCrury raised his and his staff pay by an average of 8,000 dollars. This is why I despise knuckle dragging republicunts so much, they are fine with this shit as long as they shout God, Guns And Gays.

[pamdb]

12. Not really

They shouldn't get paid AT ALL until he shutdown is over. Not just the raise (which they don't deserve-I'm not even sure Pentecostal Pence is alive, everytime I see him I'm reminded of the movie, "Weekend at
Bernies", but none of them, reps or senators, should get a paycheck.

[yuiyoshida]

13. So is TRUMP STILL getting a paycheck?

I bet he didn't include himself. He is probably stealing more than he gets anyway.

[INdemo]

14. bet Trump got his salary though

[Harker]

15. Trumpsky only thought of it when asked about it

by Terry Moran.

[groundloop]

16. BUT THEY'RE ALL STILL BEING PAID (and paid quite well).

They should all go without a paycheck. Sure, it wouldn't hurt many of them very much, but just the optics of them being paid 6 figure salaries while regular people are expected to work without a paycheck is horrible. Hopefully more and more people who voted repub in the past have their eyes opened.