The House published its 1,500-page spending legislation alongside a multibillion-dollar supplemental just days before the government is set to enter a shutdown and federal funding will lapse. While the resolution mostly extends current government spending levels, it also includes a number of unrelated provisions that resulted from the weekslong negotiations.

Among those provisions is a pay raise for members of Congress, marking the first time they will see increased pay since 2009.

Under a law passed in 1989, lawmakers are supposed to receive an automatic cost-of-living raise every year. However, Congress has blocked those raises in recent years to avoid backlash from voters.

However, some lawmakers have argued to reinstate the raise, claiming that if salaries do not reflect the rise in the cost of living, running for Congress could be less enticing. Others have argued that not having increases in pay would lead only wealthy candidates to run for Congress, who have enough money to support themselves financially.

Lawmakers currently receive annual salaries of $174,000, which was established in the 2009 appropriations bill. Those in leadership positions receive higher pay.

If Congress had continued to implement pay raises every year, the annual salary for rank-and-file members would be $243,300 in 2024, according to a Congressional Research Service report.

The latest CR does not implement a specific pay raise for members but rather includes language to reverse language in the September continuing resolution that blocked the 2025 automatic pay raise. The maximum increase for a January 2025 adjustment is 3.8%, which would result in a $6,600 increase, according to the report. That would lead to an annual salary of $180,600.

However, not all members are on board with the proposed change — and some have even said they would vote against the funding legislation if the provision is included.

“We should be working to raise Americans’ wages and lower their health care costs, not slipping new taxpayer-funded perks for ourselves into must-pass legislation behind closed doors,” Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) said in a post on X. “As long as raises and new health care perks for members are in the CR, I will vote against it.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will already face an uphill battle getting the CR through the lower chamber as Republicans across the ideological spectrum have decried the additional spending and some of the provisions included.

It is not yet clear when the spending legislation will be brought to the floor for a vote, but Democratic leaders have advised members that it could be considered as soon as Wednesday. However, if Johnson adheres to the party’s self-imposed 72-hour review period, it may not be considered until Friday.

The government is scheduled to shut down at midnight Friday.