December 30, 2012 11:02 PM UTC

Did Congress Really Just Get A Pay Raise?

• 3 Comments
• by: Whiskey Lima Juliet

This is the worst Congressional Body in history, and we are rewarding them…….

I just don’t understand how we reward people for screwing us over?  When did this practice become OK in America?  And why as Americans have we been so bamboozled that we accept it?

The issue is none of us will do anything. The electeds will all point fingers and still take the pay raise. In Colorado, I believe every one of our federally elected officials are multimillionaires.

What are we going to do about this? I would email all of them and let them know if they take the pay raise they have lost your vote. All of them! Dems and Repubs. I would then stick to that promise.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…

According to the order, Biden’s pay will increase from $225,521 to $231,900 a year, before taxes. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will see his salary increased to $224,500 and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will take home an annual pay of $194,400 after his raise.

While Obama’s order made no mention of merit for such a raise, HuffPost’s Amanda Terkel reported on Friday that the 112th Congress is set to end the session as the most unproductive since the 1940s, with only 219 bills passed by the body becoming law.