Senate Democrats try to thwart GOP move on pay

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Senate Democrats try to thwart GOP move on pay
Senate Democrats are trying to thwart Republican efforts to force a vote on congressional pay raises on a must-pass spending.
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View of joint meeting of U.S. Congress as President Barack Obama addresses them February 24, 2009 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong, Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has voted to skip a pay raise for members of Congress next year, conscious of the deepening recession and 12 million of their constituents out of work.

But lawmakers will keep their annual automatic pay raises after that.

A huge spending bill that the Senate passed Tuesday contained a provision denying lawmakers their yearly pay raise next January.

Earlier Tuesday, the Senate rejected an amendment by Louisiana Republican David Vitter that would have forced members of Congress who want to boost their own salaries to stand up and be counted.

Congress' most recent pay raise of $4,700 came in January. That boosted the salaries of rank and file lawmakers to $174,000.