Congressional lawmakers almost got a pay bump this year. Then it crashed and burned. “When adjusted for inflation, member salaries have decreased 31% from 2009, when they last received a pay increase”, President Obama’s first year with a Democratic Super-Majority.

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/27/nx-s1-5233140/congressional-lawmakers-no-pay-bump

by HenryCorp

9 comments

  1. > But the bill came under fire for being too broad in size and scope, and its contents were the subject of misinformation — including over the size of lawmakers’ cost of living increase.

    > In reality, the bill would have made members eligible for a cost of living increase of just 3.8%, or a roughly $6,600 increase.

    > “We now pay congressional members comparatively less than equivalent executive branch positions. Their salaries have gone down much more than the private sector in comparable positions,” she said in an interview. “Members of Congress are expected to maintain two residences, or be sleeping on the floor in their office and have their residence back in their district.”

  2. Good. They already get so much more off of insider stock market trading anyway so they don’t need our taxes to go higher so they can get paid more.

  3. In many high paying jobs your pay is correlated to your performance. If you don’t meet reasonable expectations then you don’t get a raise.

  4. Wonder if this is why the likes of Fetterman, Sinema, etc all magically turned simpatico to the GOP plight? No enough monies?

  7. Why should they get a pay increase? They’re not working for the public good and haven’t been for a while. Any pay increase they need can be got from all the insider trading they’re doing. Looking at you Nancy Pelosi!

  8. I like the idea of increasing their pay and preventing stock purchase in a package deal 🙂 

    Heck, double it. Just stop all stock trades and any form of bribery/gifts.

  9. Let them have their pay bump.

    The ones who aren’t corrupt need it.

    The ones who are corrupt don’t.

    Which group do you think matters most to you, the voter?

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