The House Democrats have declared that they deserve a pay raise of between 4 and 5 thousand dollars. So, what have they done to deserve it? Creating open borders? Voting to give millions of illegals free healthcare and amnesty? Addressing trade imbalances?
Or do they just feel they may need the extra money for lawyers once all the Deep State ties are revealed? Congress froze their pay during the 2009 and kept it frozen to the disastrous economic policies of Barack Obama that saw the weakest recovery on record. But thanks to the Trump economy, they think it’s time to resume their cost of living increases.
Congress froze base congressional salaries at $174,000 during the recession in 2009. However, Democrat lawmakers are planning to capitalize on the chugging Trump economy by pushing to resume their previously automatic cost-of-living increases.
The party has scheduled a vote on a $1 trillion spending package next week that includes the annual bill funding congressional operations. The measure leaves out language in effect since 2010 that would prevent lawmakers from receiving an annual cost-of-living increase to the $174,000 base salary for rank-and-file lawmakers.
House Appropriations Committee spokesman Evan Hollander said there’s significant bipartisan support for such a measure.
“There is strong bipartisan support for these modest inflation adjustments,” Hollander said.
“If members want to alter or eliminate the [cost-of-living adjustment], they should do so through the authorizing process — not appropriations bills,” he added.
Congress should not see another dime until they set aside their political agendas and start placing the rights of American citizens about the non-existent rights of illegal aliens.