{"id":47754,"date":"2023-09-27T18:08:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/27\/secdef-austins-salary-cut-to-1-under-gop-budget-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:44:52","slug":"secdef-austins-salary-cut-to-1-under-gop-budget-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2023\/09\/27\/secdef-austins-salary-cut-to-1-under-gop-budget-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Secretary Austin\u2019s salary cut to $1 under GOP budget plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/newsletters\/2023\/09\/19\/capitol-hill-dysfunction-threatens-key-defense-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\">House Republicans<\/a> on Wednesday approved a measure to slash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/03\/07\/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-makes-unannounced-visit-to-baghdad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u2019s <\/a>salary from more than $221,000 annually to less than $1, based on their dissatisfaction with his work so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move has little chance of becoming law, but underscores the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/10\/13\/is-the-military-too-woke-to-recruit\/\" target=\"_blank\">growing animosity between conservatives and military leaders<\/a> reporting to President Joe Biden. House Democrats dismissed the move as little more than a political stunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of debate on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/09\/21\/house-gop-plans-to-pass-defense-budget-fail-again-as-shutdown-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\"> fiscal 2024 defense appropriations bill,<\/a> GOP lawmakers approved multiple similar proposals to cut salaries for Defense Department positions they dislike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2023\/07\/12\/republican-effort-to-cut-dod-watchdog-alarms-anti-extremism-advocates\/\" target=\"_blank\">director of diversity and inclusion<\/a>, the head of the department\u2019s equity and inclusion office, the military\u2019s chief diversity officer, and the assistant secretary of defense for readiness \u2014 a transgender woman \u2014 were all targeted with amendments that would trim their annual salary to less than $1.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2023\/09\/19\/capitol-hill-dysfunction-threatens-key-defense-initiatives\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1237552885.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Capitol Hill dysfunction threatens key defense initiatives<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Congress&#039; dysfunction is taking its toll on national security as a government shutdown looms and hundreds of officers can&#039;t take their posts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin, as Biden\u2019s top civilian military leader, was lambasted by Republican lawmakers on the House floor Wednesday for the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the military\u2019s recent recruiting shortfalls and COVID-19 vaccine policies during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany Americans agree: We do not want the United States\u2019 military led by failure, causing us to be weak,\u201d said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga. and sponsor of the Austin salary provision. \u201cWe need to pass this amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A proposal to cut Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley\u2019s pay to $1 was also floated by Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., but dismissed by party leaders before Wednesday\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green\u2019s amendment was approved by a voice vote. Democrats did not press for a roll-call vote which may have prevented the provision from being adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the pay cut is already unlikely to advance beyond the House, given Democratic control of the Senate and Democratic dissatisfaction with the defense budget bill. Party leaders have already publicly opposed the appropriations plan over Republicans\u2019 inclusion of controversial social policy provisions, including language that would overturn the Pentagon\u2019s abortion travel leave rules and restrict medical care for transgender troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou may disagree with the administration\u2019s policies, as we all have done over the years with different administrations. But Secretary Austin has done nothing to merit this,\u201d said Rep. Betty McCollumn, D-Minn., and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s defense panel. \u201cThere\u2019s no need for us to make such a personal, drastic attack by eliminating his pay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House has already threatened to veto the appropriations bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican leaders also included other amendments offered by the right-flank of the party, including the Freedom Caucus, on the floor. An amendment from Rep. 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