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The Biden Administration is facing intense criticism after shooting down a proposal to give U.S. military troops a pay raise.
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) proposed a $24 billion pay raise to enlisted U.S. service members. However, the Biden Administration said that it “strongly opposes” approving such a “significant” and “permanent” pay raise, citing budgetary constraints.
Onthecontrary,theDemocraticadministrationrecentlyjustapprovedspendingnearlyseventimestheamounttofundUkraine’songoingwarwithRussia.
“TheAdministrationisstronglycommittedtotakingcareofourServicemembersandtheirfamilies,andappreciatestheCommittee’sconcernfortheneedsofthemostjuniorenlistedmembers,butstronglyopposesmakingasignificant,permanentchangetothebasicpayschedulebeforethecompletionoftheFourteenthQuadrennialReviewofMilitaryCompensation,”theWhiteHousebudgetofficesaidinastatement.
Thebillwouldhaveauthorized$883.7billionformilitaryfunctionsand$1.2billionfornon-defenseacti
