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These salary figures may help explain why so many members of Congress seem so out of touch with the average American.
Rank-and-File Members:
The current salary (2013) for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per year.
Congress: Leadership Members’ Salary (2013)
Leaders of the House and Senate are paid a higher salary than rank-and-file members.
Senate Leadership
Majority Party Leader – $193,400
Minority Party Leader – $193,400
House Leadership
Speaker of the House – $223,500
Majority Leader – $193,400
Minority Leader – $193,400
Ben Sasse, Nebraska Republican for Senate, calls on Leader McConnell and DC Republicans – who make $172,000/year – to show some leadership and give up their taxpayer funded ObamaCare subsidy.
Sep 072013
WASHINGTON—As President Obama continues to push for a plan of limited military intervention in Syria, a new poll of Americans has found that though the nation remains wary over the prospect of becoming involved in another Middle Eastern war, the vast majority of U.S. citizens strongly approve of sending Congress to Syria.
The New York Times/CBS News poll showed that though just 1 in 4 Americans believe that the United States has a responsibility to intervene in the Syrian conflict, more than 90 percent of the public is convinced that putting all 535 representatives of the United States Congress on the ground in Syria—including Senate pro tempore Patrick Leahy, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and, in fact, all current members of the House and Senate—is the best course of action at this time.
Americans Counting on Holdouts to Vote With, Not Against Them
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