After President Biden opposed the House-led version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would give low-ranking troops in the military a 19.5% raise in basic pay next year, House Republicans blasted him.
The White House issued a statement this week in which they stated Biden “strongly opposes making a significant, permanent change to the basic pay schedule before the completion of the Fourteenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC).”
“Some early-career enlisted service members can make as little as $24,000, not including their housing allowances and free health care,” The Daily Mail noted. “The House plan would ensure that service members make at least $30,000 per year. … One quarter of the military population experienced food insecurity between 2018 and 2020 , according to the US Department of Agriculture”
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