Posted on 12/31/2007 4:58:02 PM PST by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2007 Military members will receive a 3 percent pay raise effective tomorrow, as President Bush urges Congress to revise some provisions regarding Iraq contained in the fiscal 2008 National Defense Authorization Act.
The president authorized the 3 percent pay raise in an executive order. The act includes authorization for a 0.5 percent additional pay raise for U.S. troops, but the president has, for now, elected not to sign the defense authorization bill in its present form while Congress is adjourned, a practice known as a "pocket veto." |
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Between Congress and President Bush, it doesn’t appear either group intends to fund the DoD for the next quarter or two.
This seems to have received virtually no press, yet we still don’t have appropriations to fund DoD, which are scheduled to run out in about 45 days.
Has the President decided to sign the bill, or is Congress going to pass resolutions to get it rolling?
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