U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback voted against giving himself a pay raise, but unless he refuses to accept it, he’ll get one anyway.

Most senators, including Pat Roberts, supported the salary increase.

The two Kansas Republicans will be getting a 2.2 percent increase, raising their salary from $154,700 to $158,000.

In the often-confusing world of Senate votes, here’s how the deal went down:

Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., had a bill amendment that would have denied senators a cost-of-living adjustment.

But the Senate voted 60-34 to table the measure, essentially killing Feingold’s proposal. Roberts voted to table it, while Brownback voted against the motion to table.

According to Roberts’ press secretary Sara Ross, Roberts “voted to table the Feingold amendment because while the cost-of-living adjustment for most federal employees likely will be 4.1 percent, the adjustment for senators would be 2.2 percent, approximately the same adjustment for Social Security recipients.”

Brownback voted against killing the Feingold amendment because of the growing federal budget deficit, his spokesman Aaron Groote said.

“Fiscally, there are better uses for the money for the good of the nation,” Groote said.

Groote said he did not know if Brownback would refuse the raise.