Republican Congress Raises Its Salary But Refuses To Work - $160K plus/year but no action on budget, social security, etc.


Lawmakers to get federal pay raise: WASHINGTON -- With little debate, House lawmakers on Tuesday included themselves as part of a pay raise that all federal employees will receive next year.

The cost-of-living raise would be the sixth straight for members of the House and Senate, boosting the salaries of lawmakers, now $158,100, by about $4,000 in the new calendar year

To Congress, Passing Bills Not the Point: "The Republican-controlled House and Senate have begun taking up bills, not with any expectation they will become law, but with the intention of stoking the presidential campaign and energizing the party's political base"