Lawmakers tout military pay raise in omnibus budget, but troops already have that money

Federal Times: Republican lawmakers are touting a hefty pay raise for troops as one of the highlights of the $1.3 trillion omnibus budget plan they hope to pass this week.

But if the bill becomes law, troops won’t be seeing any more money in their paychecks next month. That’s because they already received the promised pay boost at the start of the year.

Starting in January, troops’ saw a 2.4 percent salary increase, their largest for military salaries since 2010 and only the second time since then that the raise has topped 2 percent.

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