A potential pay raise for lawmakers — which would be a first in nearly 15 years — remains an open issue in negotiations over the final fiscal 2024 Legislative Branch appropriations measure.
Appropriators are still discussing whether to include the annual rider that would block a pay increase in the final bill, leaders of the Senate and House Legislative Branch Appropriations subcommittees said Wednesday.
Without the language blocking the member cost-of-living adjustment, most lawmakers would receive a 4.6 percent, or $8,000 increase, according to the Congressional Research Service. The standard member salary is $174,000 — with the exception of leadership positions that pay more — the same amount they have made since the last increase in 2009.
