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Originally Posted by tvbound
Salaries and Benefits of US Congress Members
A large dose of reality seems to be needed.
"Pay Increases"
"Members of Congress are eligible to receive the same annual cost-of-living increase given to other federal employees if any. The raise takes effect automatically on January 1 of each year unless Congress, through the passage of a joint resolution, votes to decline it, as Congress has done since 2009."
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Thanks for posting this. Congress was shamed into this during the financial crisis and has not had the gall to change it since then. Luckily for us, they are very good at not doing things