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Other approaches suggested include: banning Congress members from becoming lobbyists after their terms are over, and making the finances of those in public office completely transparent. [4] Many members of Congress continue to advocate for a salary raise as a simple, but effective solution.
Prohibits Cabinet secretaries and other very senior executive personnel from lobbying the department or agency in which they worked for two years after they leave their position. Prohibits senior Senate staff and Senate officers from lobbying contacts with the entire Senate for one year, instead of just their former employing office.
If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age, they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later. [1] The current pension program, effective January 1987, is under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), which covers members and other federal employees whose federal employment began in 1984 or later.
The Constitution calls for members of Congress to set their own pay, and the current wages of $174,000 a year were established by an automatic 2.8 percent raise in January of 2009 as outlined in ...
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A resign-to-run law is a law that requires the current holder of an office to resign from that office before they can run for another office. This is distinct from a dual mandate prohibition, where a person has to resign from their old office to assume the new office, rather than to run for the new office.
It includes current as well as former representatives and senators as well as candidates for office for the 2016 and 2018 [6] election cycles. This list shows only the direct contributions to each campaign but does not include more substantive contributions for lobbying and outside spending.