Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 pay raise comes along with the Pentagon's higher tax-free housing allowance. Basic Allowance for Housing rates will increase an average of 5.4% when the new rates take effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
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 National Defense Authorization Act is an annual bill proposed in the United States Congress that redefines the United States military budget for the following fiscal year. Each chamber of Congress introduces a version of the NDAA for 2025. The House introduced H.R. 8070 on April 18 and sent it to the Senate on July 8 for consideration.
The hiring freeze was issued as part of Donald Trump's "Day One" executive orders and presidential actions, many of which targeted federal employees. [1] Other related presidential actions included federal return-to-office mandate, reinstatement of Schedule F, plans to terminate federal DEI officers, and a buyout offer to all federal employees ...
A 2.5 percent increase would raise the average Social Security payment for retired workers from $1,920.48 (as of August 2024) to $1,968.49 in 2025, an increase of $48.01. You’ll notice the COLA ...
Senate salaries House of Representatives salaries. This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. [1] The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. [2]
The Social Security Administration announced recently that seniors will get a 2.5% benefits increase for the 2025 year. That amounts to around $49 more in monthly benefits for the average retiree.