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WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress is considering a pay raise for federal workers that will cost more than $1 billion over the amount President Obama requested, budgeters say.
The Office of Management and Budget estimates that Congress' removal of language specifying different pay increases for civilian and military employees will cost the government an additional $1.3 billion, USA Today reported Friday.
Obama's budget called for a 2 percent pay raise for non-military federal workers and a 2.9 percent hike for military employees.
"It feels like this is not a good time to be taking a pay increase," says Leslie Paige of the watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste. "Everyone else in the country is taking huge cuts, losing jobs."
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., says there is a case for pay raises.
"Military and civilian personnel ... work side-by-side in carrying out the responsibility of government," Hoyer said.
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