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Another pay increase of 4.5% was given to military members as part of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. Earlier this year, a pay raise of 5.2% on average was given to federal employees ...
The federal minimum has held at $7.25 an hour since 2009, but an increasing number of states are upping their base pay for workers. ... Millions of low-wage earners are getting a raise in 2025 as ...
The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), which was recently signed into law on Jan. 5, by President Joe Biden, eliminates rules that reduce Social Security benefits for those who also get income ...
The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, passed in June 2023, resolved that year's debt-ceiling crisis and set spending caps for FY2024 and FY2025. The act called for $895 billion in defense spending and $711 billion in non-defense discretionary spending for fiscal year 2025, representing a 1% increase over fiscal year 2024. [10]
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), a component of the Department of Veterans Affairs, processes disability claims and administers all aspects of the VA disability program. Since 1988 VA disability claim decisions have been subject to federal court review.
The move comes as Social Security recipients are receiving a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025.. Here is what to know about the bill and who will be eligible for the boosted benefits.
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. [4]The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 directed the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2013, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance ...
The Social Security 2024 COLA increase was a lower 3.2%. Source: Social Security Administration The projected 2025 COLA for Social Security is 2.5%, according to an emailed September 11 TSCL press ...