Tucked inside a more than 1,500-page government funding bill is a pay raise for members of Congress. The average member of Congress earns $174,000 a year — with party leaders earning more.



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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Courting a Christmastime government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to salvage a stopgap measure to keep federal offices running for a few more months. But he’s facing an onslaught of opposition from hard-right conservatives, led by Trump-ally Elon Musk. It doesn’t help that the package includes the first payraise for lawmakers in years. Rank-and-file lawmakers decried the massive 1,500-page …

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Lawmakers could get their first pay raise in more than a decade under a provision that was quietly tucked into the three-month continuing resolution that was unveiled Tuesday evening. The House published its 1,500-page spending legislation alongside a multibillion-dollar supplemental just days before the government is set to enter a shutdown and federal funding will... The post Lawmakers quietly include congressional pay raises in stopgap spendi…

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The bipartisan spending deal reached in the House of Representatives contains some provisions that are certain to raise some eyebrows, reports Punchbowl News' Melanie Zanona.Specifically, it seems that lawmakers have slipped themselves "a cost-of-living pay raise for first time since 2009" as well as "an opt-out from being required to use Obamacare." The items flew "under the radar," according to Zanona's reporting.Elaborating more on the provis…

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A nice pay hike for senators and representatives.

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