Global Economic Crisis

Should Congress take a pay cut? That is the questions posed on Washington D.C. this week. Huffington Post reports “A bill introduced in Congress would reduce congressional pay by five percent. Representative Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.) introduced the Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act, which would cut congressional salaries for the first time since 1933.” To help make this decision simpler we have compiled some stats on Congressional pay versus the average American. Check out these staggering numbers.

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