From The Associated Press State & Local Wire   Most of Michigan's U.S. House members backed pay raise   September 7, 2003   Most U.S. House members from Michigan voted to support a 2.2 percent pay raise for Congress that would boost lawmakers' annual salaries to about $158,000 next year. With the 240-173 vote Thursday, the House decided to allow itself a fifth straight cost-of-living raise. Their annual pay has risen from $136,700 in 1999 to about $158,000 in 2004, if the legislation clears Congress and is signed by the president. Their salary this year is $154,700. Democrats Dale Kildee and Bart Stupak joined Republican Mike Rogers in opposing the measure that allowed the raise. As in past years, the congressional COLA was automatically included as part of pay increases that all federal civilian and military employees will receive. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages among all nongovernment workers rose an average 2.7 percent from July 2002 through June 2003. The pay increases are part of an $89.3 billion spending bill for the 2004 budget year for Transportation and Treasury Department programs. Final passage of the spending bill was expected next week.