Obama Gives Members Of Congress A Pay Raise
Seriously.
Members of Congress will join other federal workers in seeing a modest increase in their pay next year thanks to an executive order signed by President Obama Thursday.
Congressmen and senators who make $174,000 a year will see an extra $900 in their annual pay packages before taxes next year. That’s an increase of 0.5 percent that will take place after March 27.
Vice President Joe Biden will also see an increase in his pay.
The executive order increasing the pay of members of Congress comes while the White House and Congress push to reach a deal on the so-called fiscal cliff before taxes and deep spending cuts take place on January 1.
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- susiec4 thinks Obama Gives Members Of Congress A Pay... is WTF
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johnec 4 months agoI want to know, if this is real, and based on the coverage I am seeing I have t assume it is, how is it legal? The executive branch does not have the authority to give raises to congress. He might have signed a bill they passed, but the executive branch cant give raises. Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its own pay, I can’t find anything about who would increase the VP salary, but considering congress has to ok a raise for the Pres as well, I would think it would have to go through them.
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Harligh Quinn 4 months agoAlso this petition to limit senator/congressional salaries exists: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/restrict-pay-all-senators-and-congress-75000-period-3-years-repay-national-deficit/L3cRmtq6
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Harligh Quinn 4 months ago
Being a Senator/Congress person should be a civil service…. and should therefor not pay more than Jury Duty and/or minimum wage. Also, if we go over the Fiscal Cliff it should trigger *AUTOMATIC* recalls in every state. No use voting for *representatives* who do not represent the people they are elected to serve, are not present, and do not care to work together.
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Sheri Woods 4 months ago
This is out of control. They continue to take more money out of the paychecks of hard working Americans, cannot manage to do their job yet still get a pay raise??? Unbelievable….. Before the “pay raise”
Salary of retired US Presidents $450,000 for LIFE
Salary of House/Senate Members $174,000 for LIFE
Salary of Speaker of House $223,500 for LIFE
Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders $193,400 for LIFE
Average salary of a soldier deployed in Afghanistan $38,000
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rachaelt5 4 months agoYou’re right. But I looked it up and it said George Bush receives a yearly pension of $180,000??? That’s more than the majority of Americans will ever see as a salary in their lifetimes. Its still too much. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_the_president_get_paid_for_life
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FireGuyRoy 4 months ago
COLA or cost of living adjustment is figured in for government employees this means our military too! Do some research next time buzzfeed before spinning propaganda! Don’t like Obama much but he didn’t sign anything. Pure ignorance!
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Beckysaurus-Rex 4 months agoThat’s just a reflection of inflation. $900 extra per annum is nothing.
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Dustyroads 4 months ago
Fucking scumbag! Politicians ate over paid as it is and this scum fucking dirt bag increases their pay? Disgusting!
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FOBS 4 months ago
Really? A pay raise? With a “fiscal cliff” looming ahead of the nation? What an asshole move this is. And no, davidb115, government employees are not immune to pay cuts, I worked for my state for 34 years and took several cuts totaling about 12%, money we never got back despite assurances to the contrary. We went without a raise in pay for the last 8 years of my career. The best thing these “leaders” can do is turn down the raise, take a pay cut and fix the mess they have created. And do it today.
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