{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreichegbntnrnjsd35roeb4lknjuol4jpwcdselnve6kuwsgmk3nyru",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:klkgxrhct7epqznuvf6tawoy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mensdtzdwit2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreiccl6eyyt6rbtrd4k4roratodre5egm3iprjkx6qkfguzsa7iejp4"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "size": 77860
  },
  "path": "/congress/2026/02/democrats-call-for-4-1-federal-pay-raise-in-2027/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T23:30:22.000Z",
  "site": "https://federalnewsnetwork.com",
  "tags": [
    "All News",
    "Congress",
    "Pay",
    "Pay & Benefits",
    "Unions",
    "Workforce",
    "American Federation of Government Employees",
    "Brian Schatz",
    "Bureau of Labor Statistics",
    "cost of living",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Doreen Greenwald",
    "Employment Cost Index",
    "Everett Kelley",
    "FAIR Act",
    "federal pay raise",
    "Federal Salary Council",
    "FEPCA",
    "general schedule",
    "James Walkinshaw",
    "locality pay",
    "National Treasury Employees Union"
  ],
  "textContent": "House and Senate lawmakers reintroduced the FAIR Act, aiming to bring federal employees' pay rates closer in line with private sector salaries.",
  "title": "Democrats call for 4.1% federal pay raise in 2027"
}