White House Freezes Raises for Top Administration Officials Including VP Pence

Vice President Mike Pence (R) speaks as President Donald Trump listens in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Jan. 4, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Vice President Mike Pence and other top Trump administration officials won’t receive pay increases that were set to automatically trigger due to the government shutdown.

Federal agencies were told to hold off on enacting pay increases on Jan. 4, in a memo from Margaret Weichert, the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).