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A salary bump for members of Congress, who are currently paid $174,000 per year is included in the 1,547-page spending bill that was unveiled on Tuesday night.

Congress has to pass a spending bill to keep the government funded before the end of the day on Friday. The current version is a Continuing Resolution that would last until mid-March.

Congress has voted since 2009 to block lawmakers from receiving automatic cost-of-living adjustments.

A provision in the negotiated spending bill would allow the automatic pay raises to go into effect.

Just the News reached out to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office and asked if he supports the salary increases for lawmakers but we did not receive a response before publication.