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H.R. 751, To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress (3 comments ↓)
- This item is from the 111th Congress (2009-2010) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
H.R. 751 would eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
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Seattle Mike
November 24, 2009, 12:39pm (report abuse)Why have (at least) eleven (11) bills been proposed since January on the same subject and nothing has happened? Maybe they really don't want to forgo the increase.
Rita Lewis
January 1, 2010, 11:43pm (report abuse)Congress has rejected their automatic raise for 2010. Well whoop de do. They did this because Americans put pressure on them by saying they would not be re-elected if they accepted the automatic raise. I'd now like to see Americans who didn't receive a COLA, start an all out campaign to reverse the decision that social security recipients and others do not get the COLA this year. I'm sure it could be done. Just use the same leverage....."we won't re-elect you if you don't make this happen."
Rita Lewis
January 1, 2010, 11:49pm (report abuse)Let's push Congress to get the bill passed that does away with automatic raises for them. While we're at it, let's push for a bill that gives them the same health care that ordinary citizens receive and let them pay for it like we do.
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