Congress passes 3.9 percent pay increase for military and federal civilianshttp://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/09/30/boring-but-important-house-passes-3-9-percent-pay-increase-for-military-federal-civilians.aspxThe Senate and House approved a spending bill that would increase military and civilian federal employees' pay by 3.9 percent in 2009, higher than the president's budget which included a meager 2.9 percent for civilians employees and 3.4 percentenCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)