Biden Budget Includes Hiring of 50 New Federal AUSAs to Address Violent Crime
Just as Congress finalizes FY 2024 funding, President Biden has released his proposal for government funding FY 2025. Each year, the president issues a proposed budget to Congress. The president’s proposal is never adopted in full but serves as a guidepost indicating the president’s priorities and serves as a starting point for Congressional negotiations. Overall, the President is asking for $1.63 trillion in total spending, which is just 0.7 percent over FY 2023 enacted levels.
The proposal includes a 2 percent federal pay raise for General Schedule (GS) employees and a 4.5 percent pay raise for members of the military. The GS pay raise would be the smallest since President Biden took office but is on par with pre-pandemic raises and comes as inflation is projected to cool. Last year, feds received about a 4.7 percent raise on average.