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	<title>Global Economic Crisis &#187; Washington DC</title>
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		<title>Congressional Payday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Cline</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ann Kirkpatrick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should Congress take a pay cut? That is the questions posed on Washington D.C. this week. Huffington Post reports &#8220;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.&#8221; To [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Should Congress take a pay cut? That is the questions posed on Washington D.C. this week. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/should-congress-take-a-pa_n_483870.html">Huffington Post</a> reports &#8220;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.&#8221; To help make this decision simpler we have compiled some stats on Congressional pay versus the average American. Check out these staggering numbers.</p>
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