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House Democrats Back Off Proposed Pay Raise For Congress, Ocasio-Cortez Complains
By Rusty June 11, 2019 3:49PM
House Democrats backed away from a proposed pay raise for members of Congress due to optics, while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez complained that the amount wasn’t really that big of a deal.
As the Political Insider reported last week, spending leaders in the House were voicing support for 2020 funding bills that would no longer block cost-of-living adjustments which had been frozen since 2009. Congressional salaries were held at $174,000 annually at the time.
Democrats described the possible $4,500 raises as “modest†and suggested there was “bi-partisan support†for Congress to reward themselves.
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"Like you know, it is like, so not a pay raise"
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Quote from: The Ghost on June 12, 2019, 01:57:03 pm
"Like you know, it is like, so not a pay raise"
No, it's a "cost of living adjustment".
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