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Update on Pay Raise 2006
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Despite the hard work of AFGE and our grassroots activists, we were not able to get language supporting the pay raise in the House or Senate Budget resolutions. Rather than have a negative vote at this time, Rep. Allen (D-ME) and Senator Sarbanes (D-MD) offered and then withdrew their federal pay amendments. While this is different than past Budget Resolutions, which have included language in support of pay parity, the absence of pay parity language in the Budget Resolution is not fatal to our efforts to achieve a 3.1% pay raise for federal employees in 2006.
The strong resistance we encountered in our efforts to include pay parity language in the Budget Resolution is, however, an indicator of how much harder activists will need to fight to persuade the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to include 3.1% pay raise for federal employees.
What is pay parity? Pay parity stands for the bipartisan tradition that civilian and military personnel should receive the same across-the-board pay raise.
Why is the principle of pay parity important to the FY 2006 pay raise? The President has proposed a 2.3% pay increase for federal civilian employees and a 3.1% pay raise for military personnel. If we persuade the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to follow the principle of pay parity it will mean a 3.1% pay increase.
Who is on the House Appropriations Committee?
Republican Members
- Jerry Lewis, CA – Chairman
- C.W. Bill Young, FL
- Ralph Regula, OH
- Harold Rogers, KY
- Frank R. Wolf, VA
- Jim Kolbe, AZ
- James T. Walsh, NY
- Charles H. Taylor, NC
- David L. Hobson, OH
- Ernest Istook, OK
- Henry Bonilla, TX
- Joe Knollenberg, MI
- Jack Kingston, GA
- Rodney Frelinghuysen, NJ
- Roger Wicker, MS
- Randy "Duke" Cunningham, CA
- Todd Tiahrt, KS
- Zach Wamp, TN
- Tom Latham, IA
- Anne M. Northup, KY
- Robert B. Aderholt, AL
- Jo Ann Emerson, MO
- Kay Granger, TX
- John E. Peterson, PA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr., VA
- John T. Doolittle, CA
- Ray LaHood, IL
- John E. Sweeney, NY
- Don Sherwood, PA
- Dave Weldon, FL
- Mike Simpson, ID
- John Culberson, TX
- Mark Steven Kirk, IL
- Ander Crenshaw, FL
- Denny Rehberg, MT
- John Carter, TX
- Rodney Alexander, LA
Democratic Members
- David R. Obey, WI. - Ranking Member
- John P. Murtha, PA
- Norm Dicks, WA
- Martin Olav Sabo, MN
- Steny H. Hoyer, MD
- Alan B. Mollohan, WV
- Marcy Kaptur, OH
- Peter J. Visclosky, IN
- Nita M. Lowey, NY
- Jose E. Serrano, NY
- Rosa DeLauro, CT
- James P. Moran, VA
- John W. Olver, MA
- Ed Pastor, AZ
- David E. Price, NC
- Chet Edwards, TX
- Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, AL
- Patrick J. Kennedy, RI
- James E. Clyburn, SC
- Maurice D. Hinchey, NY
- Lucille Roybal-Allard, CA
- Sam Farr, CA
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr., IL
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, MI
- Allen Boyd, FL
- Chaka Fattah, PA
- Steven R. Rothman, NJ
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr., GA
- Marion Berry, AR
Who is on the Senate Appropriations Committee?
Republican Members
- Thad Cochran, MS — Chairman
- Ted Stevens, AK
- Arlen Specter, PA
- Pete V. Domenici, NM
- Christopher S. Bond, MO
- Mitch McConnell, KY
- Conrad Burns, MT
- Richard C. Shelby, AL
- Judd Gregg, NH
- Robert F. Bennett, UT
- Larry E. Craig, ID
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, TX
- Mike DeWine, OH
- Sam Brownback, KS
- Wayne Allard, CO
Democratic Members
- Robert C. Byrd, WV — Ranking Member
- Daniel K. Inouye, HI
- Patrick J. Leahy, VT
- Tom Harkin, IA
- Barbara A. Mikulski, MD
- Harry Reid, NV
- Herb Kohl, WI
- Patty Murray, WA
- Byron L. Dorgan, ND
- Dianne Feinstein, CA
- Richard J. Durbin, IL
- Tim Johnson, SD
- Mary L. Landrieu, LA
ACT NOW!
- Send a fax to your Senators [fax]
- Send a fax to your U.S. Representative [fax]
- If your Representative or Senator is on the Appropriations Committee call them at (202) 224-3121. Ask for the staff person who handles the Transportation, Treasury and General Government bill. Tell them how import the pay raise is to federal employees and their families. Ask them if the lawmaker will support pay parity for federal employees and the 3.1% pay raise it would mean.
