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Senate salaries House of Representatives salaries. This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. [1] The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. [2]
In reality, rank-and-file members of the House and the Senate would have gotten at most a pay bump of $6,600, or 3.8% of their $174,000 annual salary, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Members of Congress may be getting an up to $6,600 raise this year. That's due to a provision in a must-pass funding bill that's set to get a vote this week. Rank-and-file lawmakers have been ...
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.
The original documents for each member's disclosure are publicly available on a database website, maintained by OpenSecrets. [5] Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress have been as follows: [6]
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 5860, extending temporary funding through November 17, 2023. Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 H.R. 6363, extending temporary funding of certain government programs until January 19, 2024, and most of the rest until February 2, 2024.
The continuing resolution would have provided lawmakers with a 3.8 percent raise.
The idea behind this amendment is to reduce corruption in the legislative branch by requiring an election before a congressperson's salary increase takes effect. The public can thus remove members of Congress from office before their salaries increase. [6] It is unclear whether the amendment produced any change in congressional behavior. [7]