That’s apparently what President Bush thinks, judging from the budget he submitted to Congress. The budget calls for a 3.4 percent increase for members of the military—and a 2.9 percent increase for other federal employees. The Washington Post’s Stephen Barr chronicles Congress’s reaction. Democrats and Republicans are both upset that Bush has flouted the “parity pay” rule where all federal employees, regardless of agency, receive a uniform raise. Senator Joseph Lieberman, chair of the Governmental Affairs committee, has called for Transportation Security Administration employees to receive a pay increase along with other federal employees, but has not addressed the proposed gap between military and other federal government employees.  Read Barr here.

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