Members of Congress are slated to receive a pay raise for the first time in 15 years if the massive spending bill passes both chambers

Members of Congress are slated to receive a pay raise for the first time in 15 years if the spending bill passes both chambers and is signed into law.

Lawmakers currently earn a base salary of $ 174,000 annually with members in leadership receiving a higher salary.

If Biden signs the CR into law, members of Congress will receive a maximum salary increase of $ 6,600 due to a 2025 COLA of 3.8% ..

The CR will temporarily extend current government funding levels through March 14, 2025 , by approving hundreds of billions in spending to avert a government shutdown.

Conservative lawmakers immediately slammed House GOP leadership for allowing “reckless and unpaid spending” and an array of unrelated policy riders into the spending bill.

Inflation under Biden has increased over 20% , with a sizeable share of that increase attributed to cost of living expenses including shelter and food.