COLA: Pelosi’s Fatcat House, Gets Fatter
Posted by Andy on June 28th, 2007
SOTH Pelosi’s House just gave themself a big fat raise, and in a cowardly manner.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite low approval ratings and hard feelings from last year’s elections, Democrats and Republicans in the House are reaching out for an approximately $4,400 pay raise that would increase their salaries to almost $170,000.
The cost-of-living raise endorsed Wednesday evening gets lawmakers back on track for automatic pay raises after a fight between the parties last year and again in January killed the pay increase due this year. That was the first interruption of the annual congressional pay boost in seven years.
The blowup came after Democrats last year fulfilled a campaign promise to deny themselves more pay until Congress raised the minimum wage. Delays in the minimum wage bill cost every lawmaker about $3,100 this year.
On a 244-181 vote Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans alike killed a bid by Reps. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, and Lee Terry, R-Neb., to get a direct vote to block the COLA, which is automatically awarded unless lawmakers vote to block it. The Senate has not indicated when it will deal with a similar measure.
I guess merit pay doesn’t mean a dang thing on Capital Hill, since only 14% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing.
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June 29th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Merit it pay would put Pelosi and most of these clowns below the federally mandated minimum wage.