UFB! Another Pay Raise For Congress? [View All]

[stopbush]

Must be nice to not only have a job but to be able to vote yourself a raise EVERY F*CKING YEAR!!

From CBS News:

The House on Thursday approved a 2.2 percent pay raise for Congress — slightly less than average wage increases in private business but enough to boost lawmakers' annual salaries to about $158,000 next year. The House members decided to allow themselves a fifth straight cost-of-living raise after rejecting them for several years during the 1990s. Their annual pay has risen from $136,700 in 1999 to about $158,000 in 2004 (note: a 15% increase in only 5 years!!), if the legislation clears Congress and is signed by the president. Their salary this year is $154,700.

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Only one House member — Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah — voiced objections to the congressional increase during the debate.

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Without counting outside sources of income, the earnings of members of Congress rank within the top 5 percent of the nation.

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Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., who has contested congressional pay raises in the past, intends to oppose it again when it reaches the Senate floor, his office said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/04/politics/printable571629.shtml