Congressional Pay Raise Provokes Little Taxpayer OutrageUnlike past years when the public response was swift and unpleasant, an expected pay raise for...Godfrey, John
Rep.Jared Golden(D-Maine) vowed to vote against this week’s continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government over a provision that authorizes an automatic pay raise for members of Congress. “We should be working to raise Americans’ wages and lower their health care costs, not slipping...
As both a practical and a substantive matter, it lacks fairness. It allows non-citizens to enjoy a privilege that others, in preparing for citizenship, have worked hard to achieve. Becoming a U.S. citizen requires one to pay a $725 fee and pass a test consisting of questions drawn from ...
Comments on the decision of the U.S. Congress to raise the pay of its public officers in 2002. Reason increases in annual pay have become routine; Description of the performance of members of the U.S. Congress.PaigeSeanEBSCO_AspInsight on the News...
Congressional Panels Pursue New Ethics Rules, Pay Raise; Lawmakers Respond to Pressure, Fear of VotersDon PhillipsHelen Dewar
Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff
Budget hawks (House Republicans usually) would have forced a vote on the matter, making everyone squirm and sending the raises down to defeat.Congressional Pay Raise Not Linked to Performance. (Waste & Abuse)Paige, Sean
Congress. Proposal of the congressional pay-raise amendment by James Madison in 1789; Number of states which ratified the amendment since the 18th century.DeBenedictisDonJ.EBSCO_AspAba JournalDeBenedictis, Don J. 1992. "27th Amendment Ratified; Congressional Vote Ends Debate Over 203-Year-Old ...
No Free Ride for Congressional Pay Hike despite a Judicial Ruling That the Raise Is Legal, Some Legislators Plan to Fight the 3.2 Percent Increase That Takes Effect Jan. 1
Congressional Aides Expect 3.5 Percent Pay Raise in Bill, Over Bush ObjectionsStephen Barr