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Sen. Reid: Ethics, stem cells top agenda

Disagreeable

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Speaker of the House-elect, Nancy Pelosi has said she'll keep the House in session for the full month of January. What an amazing thought, that these people, elected to work for us, will actually have to work. It's too bad they have so much stuff left on the agenda that the Republicans refused to finish. And they gave themselves a pay raise! :x
 

Steve

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And they gave themselves a pay raise!

actually that is not true......the raise they now have was signed into law in 1989.....



Currently, a law is in force that links annual adjustments in Congressional pay to increases in the pay of General Schedule (GS) Federal employees. The Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provided for yearly increases for cost-of-living adjustments based on private-sector wage patterns, but the law also greatly restricted other forms of potential income for Members. Members may not receive a percent increase greater than those received by other Federal employees. The currently scheduled increase for 2005 is 2.5%, although Congress is limited to receiving raises that match only basic GS pay. Federal employees typically receive a combination of basic and locality raises that combine to reflect the yearly salary increase. If the total GS increase is more than 2.5%, Congress only receives the basic increase even if that is less than 2.5%. The pay adjustment is automatic, unless Congress specifically votes against it.
 

Econ101

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Steve said:
And they gave themselves a pay raise!

actually that is not true......the raise they now have was signed into law in 1989.....



Currently, a law is in force that links annual adjustments in Congressional pay to increases in the pay of General Schedule (GS) Federal employees. The Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provided for yearly increases for cost-of-living adjustments based on private-sector wage patterns, but the law also greatly restricted other forms of potential income for Members. Members may not receive a percent increase greater than those received by other Federal employees. The currently scheduled increase for 2005 is 2.5%, although Congress is limited to receiving raises that match only basic GS pay. Federal employees typically receive a combination of basic and locality raises that combine to reflect the yearly salary increase. If the total GS increase is more than 2.5%, Congress only receives the basic increase even if that is less than 2.5%. The pay adjustment is automatic, unless Congress specifically votes against it.

So they can automatically index their own pay but not that of minimum wage.

Seems a little selfish there, doesn't it, Steve?
 

Work Hard and Study Hard

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Econ101 said:
Steve said:
And they gave themselves a pay raise!

actually that is not true......the raise they now have was signed into law in 1989.....



Currently, a law is in force that links annual adjustments in Congressional pay to increases in the pay of General Schedule (GS) Federal employees. The Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provided for yearly increases for cost-of-living adjustments based on private-sector wage patterns, but the law also greatly restricted other forms of potential income for Members. Members may not receive a percent increase greater than those received by other Federal employees. The currently scheduled increase for 2005 is 2.5%, although Congress is limited to receiving raises that match only basic GS pay. Federal employees typically receive a combination of basic and locality raises that combine to reflect the yearly salary increase. If the total GS increase is more than 2.5%, Congress only receives the basic increase even if that is less than 2.5%. The pay adjustment is automatic, unless Congress specifically votes against it.

So they can automatically index their own pay but not that of minimum wage.

Seems a little selfish there, doesn't it, Steve?

That is an excellent point.
 
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