| What ever... What ever... I guess they need caps so they can get a raise next year. As far government goes, our Congressman and Senator's work hard at spending OUR tax dollars, that's why they voted themselves a raise about a month ago. |
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Suffern, NY | said by JusticeDun:As far government goes, our 's work hard at spending OUR tax dollars, that's why they voted themselves a raise about a month ago. I think Congresscritter and Senator raises should only go into effect once the position is filled via an election held AFTER the raise is passed. IOW: All Senators must be reelected (or replaced if they lose the election) first before getting the raise. The same with Congresscritters. They should not be allowed to vote themself a raise but only whoever holds their position (even if it happens to be themself) after their position is next up for election. |
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2 edits | Already true. Whenever Reps or Senators vote themselves a pay raise, they're not going to get it unless they get re-elected.
IIRC, it's an actual amendment, or even in the Constitution proper. Maybe I'll go look it up. In any case, it's been that way for a very, very long time.
Hmm, alright, so perhaps it hasn't been so for as long as I thought. The 27th amendment was ratified in 1992. |
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Suffern, NY | said by sivran:Already true. Whenever Reps or Senators vote themselves a pay raise, they're not going to get it unless they get re-elected. IIRC, it's an actual amendment, or even in the Constitution proper. Maybe I'll go look it up. In any case, it's been that way for a very, very long time. Hmm, alright, so perhaps it hasn't been so for as long as I thought. The 27th amendment was ratified in 1992. While a Rep must get reelected to get the raise s/he voted for, this does NOT apply to 66% of the Senators since the raise goes into effect as soon as there is a new election and the new congress is seated. Thus there is a MAJOR Flaw (IMO) since the Senators not up for reelection can still vote themselves a pay raise without needing to run for election (a conflict of interest that this amendment is supposed to avoid). That is why I commented that the raise for Senators should be staggered based on their term. |
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