Legislation that could have ended a years-long freeze on pay raises for lawmakers was changed to uphold the pause as it passed out of committee on Thursday. The House Appropriations Committee sent the annual spending bill to fund the legislative branch to the floor for consideration with a 33-24 vote. The House is expected to take up the bill in July, as leaders press on with an aggressive schedule to pass all 12 funding bills before August recess. Notably absent from the initial version of the measure was language that kept intact a 15-year freeze on cost of living adjustments for congressional members. However, just before it passed out of committee on Thursday evening, lawmakers
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