The House has approved a 2.7 percent federal raise in January, as part of the Transportation-Treasury appropriations bill (HR-5576), shifting the focus to the Senate, which has not yet begun drafting its version of the bill. The Senate typically has followed the House’s lead on pay raises in recent years, although generally in the name of maintaining pay parity with raises for uniformed military personnel. The military raise could be set at 2.2 percent rather than 2.7 percent-both the pending Senate DoD authorization bill and the House DoD appropriations bill contain that figure, although a House-passed DoD authorization bill favors 2.7 for military personnel. Approval of a lower number for the military could create pressure to set the federal raise at 2.2 percent as well.