What "works" two days a week, fails in its obligation to perform oversight on an administration that is out of control, and expects a pay raise as a matter of course? Why it's Congress!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of Congress are in line for a $3,300 pay raise effective Jan. 1 unless they block it, and Democrats said Thursday they intend to try.
Officials said Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California and Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the party's leaders, had notified Republicans they will try to add the anti-pay-raise provision to a bill that provides funds for most government agencies through Feb. 15. Congress must pass the funding bill before it adjourns for the year, and the target for that is Friday.
Under federal law, lawmakers, like many federal employees, receive a cost of living increase on each Jan. 1. The increase for 2007 is pegged at 2 percent, and would put the salary for rank-and-file lawmakers at $168,500.
Let your Representatives know that you don't think they deserve a raise. Support Pelosi and Reid and don't let the outgoing Republicans take just a little more from our pockets!
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