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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]
All Members pay Social Security payroll taxes equal to 6.2% of the Social Security taxable wage base ($128,400 in 2018). Members first covered by FERS prior to 2013 also pay 1.3% of full salary to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (CSRDF). Members of Congress first covered by FERS in 2013 contribute 3.1% of pay to the CSRDF.
Tom Davis was one of only eleven Republicans to vote against the Contract with America Tax Relief Act [66] that cut taxes by $189 billion over five years, including lowering the capital gains tax rate and easing the "marriage penalty," [67] and supported a tax hike referendum to raise sales taxes in northern Virginia by 4.5 to 5%. [68]
The 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin will be ineligible to run for re-election, as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits the state's governors from serving consecutive terms. Primary elections will take place on June 17, 2025.
She has previously run for Congress and governor of Virginia and was censured by the Virginia Senate in 2021 for voicing support for Jan. 6 protesters. Many others have also announced they’re ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (WJHL) — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngin announced a budget proposal on Monday to make service tips exempt from the state’s income tax. In a news release from Youngkin’s office ...
On inauguration day, the governor-elect takes the following oath of office: "I (first_middle_last names), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, according to the ...