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Republicans Look to Give Themselves a Pay Raise After Securing Benefit Cuts for the Poor (www.commondreams.org)

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After taking the global economy hostage to secure painful cuts to aid programs and other federal spending, House Republicans are proposing a pay raise for themselves and other members of Congress for the coming fiscal year.

Roll Callreported Thursday that under spending legislation approved by the Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee last month, members of Congress "would stand to receive a 4.6%, or $8,000, pay increase" in 2024. Most members of Congress currently make an annual salary of $174,000, putting them in the top 10% of U.S. earners.

"Lawmakers last received a cost-of-living increase in 2009," the outlet noted, "but House Republicans left out the traditional language blocking a cost-of-living increase for members from this year's Legislative Branch bill."

Pulling themselves up by our bootstraps.

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[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

We need to pay people in Congress enough to live comfortably in their district and to have a place in DC. If we don't, the only people that can afford to be in Congress are rich already...which is generally what we have now.

[–] PickTheStick@lemmy.fmhy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Comfortably? Nah. They should live in barracks just like the military. Public Service requires public servants.

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