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Originally Posted by FredJacobs
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Did you do any research on the material you are posting from Parler? Do you know whether these items are actually in the Covid legislation, the Omnibus legislation or just made up by some guy on the internet? This is how untrue, or call it lies, get spread on this site and so many more.
His chart is headlined to take note of item 17. 28,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives.
In fact, actual fact..
under existing law since 1989 the members of the House and Senate get an automatic cost of living increase yearly. However since 2009 the members of Congress have passed legislation refusing to accept that salary increase. Every single year since 2009.
Do you know any other group that has denied itself a salary increase for 11 years? And what did they do in the Legislation they just passed? They once again refused the cost of living increase. So item 17 is a lie as to the Congressmen. The employees like the secretaries and the aides and the custodians etc. did get their usual increases just like every other civilian government worker does every year. Only the actual Congressman and Senators did not get a raise.
HERE is the actual language in the law denying funding for the House and Senate members:
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20 SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.
21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress)
during fiscal year 2021.
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So the chart you grabbed from Parler is, I'll be generous and just say, wrong. I did not check any other items on the list but I'll guess it was done with exactly the same accuracy and honest as the item the author chose to highlight as the most important.