Pay Increase For Federal Workers May Be Coming: Report

WASHINGTON, DC -- If you work for the federal government, there's good news on Capitol Hill: a bill that would avert another government shutdown includes a 1.9 percent pay increase for federal workers, according to a report.

WTOP reports that President Trump wanted a pay freeze for all federal employees, but lawmakers in the D.C. area have pushed the pay increase.

The spending bill has not been passed yet, but early indications are the Congress will pass it and Trump is open to signing it, even though it doesn't have as much wall funding as he requested.

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In addition to the pay increase, lawmakers are trying to include language in the legislation to give back pay to workers who lost it during the month-long shutdown. It's not clear where that effort stands, however.

Federal workers are still reeling from a 35-day government shutdown that stretched from December through most of January in which many were forced to work without pay for weeks. Another government shutdown is looming unless the two sides can agree on a deal by Friday.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: Despite Friday's end to the longest-ever partial government shutdown, federal employees continue to line up outside outside the World Central Kitchen for free food and coffee January 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. Founded by celebrity chef Jose Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. The kitchen has been providing meals, non-perishable food and other services to workers affected by the shutdown since January 16. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)