Thursday, October 23, 2003

Excite News :: Senate Money Tree Grows New Branch

Excite News: "WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted itself a pay raise for the fifth straight year, boosting the annual salary to about $158,000 in 2004.

The House also agreed last month to accept an increase in the annual cost-of-living allowance, which gives all members of Congress a boost of about 2.2 percent in their take-home pay starting in January.
Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., who every year stands up against pay increases, said that with the economy still weak and many Americans finding it hard to make ends meet, it was 'the wrong time for Congress to give itself a pay hike.'

'This automatic stealth pay raise system is just wrong,' he added."

I second the notion.

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