Current Events > House Republicans Want to Give Themselves Pay Raises While Opposing Spending

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-want-themselves-8-103508375.html

House Republicans are seeking to give themselves pay rises of at least $8,000, despite strong opposition to most government spending, Roll Call reported on Thursday.

Spending plans approved by the Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee last month include lawmakers getting a 4.6% pay increase in 2024, Roll Call reported, citing the Congressional Research Service.

The draft legislation would need to pass the regular legislative process before coming into force.

If enacted, it would be the first time in nearly 15 years that members of Congress whose average salaries are capped at around $174,000 would receive a cost-of-living pay increase.

House Legislative Branch Appropriations Chairman Mark Amodei of Nevada acknowledged to Roll Call that there are "a lot of strong feelings on both sides."

"The policy supports, hey, once every twelve years, you can have a cost-of-living increase," Amodei told Roll Call. "That's not exactly greedy. But the politics is you know how that will go."

Amodei also said he expects negotiations with the Senate about the legislation to go on until the end of the year. Some members are also worried about the salary increase impacting their reelection campaigns, he added.

The report comes after GOP leaders negotiated a debt-ceiling agreement with President Joe Biden that curtails federal programs for people on low incomes, imposing new work requirements to get help.

These include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Medicaid assistance for adults without dependents. Spokespeople for the programs did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Republicans have also said they want even steeper cuts to federal spending, threatening a government shutdown.

The planned pay hike prompted an outcry among Democrats, with Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota telling Roll Call that House Republicans are "trying to give themselves a raise while working families struggle to make ends meet."

"That's not what our constituents want and certainly not what members of Congress need," she said.

Colin Seeberger, a senior communications adviser at the Center for American Progress Action, tweeted that congressional Democrats must "raise hell over this."

"This is outrageous," Seeberger wrote. "House Republicans are moving to give themselves a raise while taking an ax to education, health, and other essential programs that help grow the economy by growing the middle class."

These fuckers make more than 3 times my salary to do fucking nothing or actively make the entire country worse their whole time in office

Their salaries should be eliminated, not increased

If we don't pay them more someone might bribe them!!!

A 4.6% raise after 15 years for a couple hundred people isnt a big deal, dont take the outrage bait

Unless you truly believe only the independently wealthy should work in congress

g980 posted...

A 4.6% raise after 15 years for a couple hundred people isnt a big deal, dont take the outrage bait

Unless you truly believe only the independently wealthy should work in congress

slurp slurp

We have to pay republicans more so they can keep fucking over most of the country with their unpopular policies, just ignore all the money they're taking from lobbyists and special interests groups, those are "gifts"!

g980 posted...

A 4.6% raise after 15 years for a couple hundred people isnt a big deal, dont take the outrage bait

Unless you truly believe only the independently wealthy should work in congress

Is someone making $174k struggling with cost of living?

Congress is severely underpaid. Pay should be high enough that the job is worth it for people who arent already rich, and so that theres less incentive to take bribes.

Wtf we hate cost of living raises now

radical_rhino posted...

Congress is severely underpaid. Pay should be high enough that the job is worth it for people who arent already rich, and so that theres less incentive to take bribes.

That isn't how this works.

radical_rhino posted...

Congress is severely underpaid. Pay should be high enough that the job is worth it for people who arent already rich, and so that theres less incentive to take bribes.

Remember when people said this about Trump?

no one wants to work!!!

15 an hour is TOO MUCH!!!

ooh
ohhhh

we
we need a pay raise

hehehee

bluezero posted...

Is someone making $174k struggling with cost of living?

They need to live in two different cities, one being the very expensive DC, and fly back and forth frequently. They need a secure enough house/community that theyre not attacked by random crazy people. They should be able to travel across their home state, staying in hotels, to speak with their constituents and various state organizations. We can do better than $174k max for the highest members of our government.

Pitlord_Special posted...

Wtf we hate cost of living raises now

They're already obscenely rich

They're among the last people who need pay raises

radical_rhino posted...

They need to live in two different cities, one being the very expensive DC, and fly back and forth frequently. They need a secure enough house/community that theyre not attacked by random crazy people. They should be able to travel across their home state, staying in hotels, to speak with their constituents and various state organizations. We can do better than $174k max for the highest members of our government.

do u think they are paying for these things out of pocket

bluezero posted...

Is someone making $174k struggling with cost of living?

Is struggling with CoL the bar we want for the people ostensibly running our country? Or for anyone?

g980 posted...

A 4.6% raise after 15 years for a couple hundred people isnt a big deal, dont take the outrage bait

The same people that don't want minimum wage to rise don't deserve a raise.

guys

his name is

radical_rhino

g980 posted...

Is struggling with CoL the bar we want for the people ostensibly running our country? Or for anyone?

These people are absolutely not struggling with cost of living at $174k a year

Plus they're at absolute best doing nothing to run the country, at worst making it worse, so why should they get raises

Pitlord_Special posted...

Wtf we hate cost of living raises now

Or we hate hypocrites. You know like listening to Republicans say we can't spend any money on anything but then saying "Well...except for giving ourselves raises of course".

Got it Champ?

GranolaPanic posted...

By running our country you mean pointless investigations into Hunter Biden? Why should they get a raise for that?

Coaching 'witnesses' to come forward is exhausting work!

GranolaPanic posted...

By running our country you mean pointless investigations into Hunter Biden? Why should they get a raise for that?

You understand that democrats would get the raise too right

Pitlord_Special posted...

Wtf we hate cost of living raises now

or you mean you like living raises now?

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/05/democrats-15-minimum-wage-hike-473875

The Senate on Friday is set to squash a bid to tack a $15 minimum wage to President Joe Bidens $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, with eight Democratic caucus members joining all 50 Republicans in rejecting the change.

g980 posted...

You understand that democrats would get the raise too right

Democrats dont oppose spending that would help Americans

I wouldn't be against it if they weren't so against pay increases in general

radical_rhino posted...

Congress is severely underpaid. Pay should be high enough that the job is worth it for people who arent already rich, and so that theres less incentive to take bribes.

Then shouldn't the same be said for EVERY Coworker? When people turn to selling drugs, it's the governments fault because they just took bribes. So when a person does illegal stuff it's the government's fault.

Nah.

ArtiRock posted...

Then shouldn't the same be said for EVERY Coworker? When people turn to selling drugs, it's the governments fault because they just took bribes. So when a person does illegal stuff it's the government's fault.

Nah.

I mean, maybe if ite a government employee turning to selling drugs

bnui_ransder posted...

I wouldn't be against it if they weren't so against pay increases in general

exactly

this should be a literal outrage that they would even think they can do this

republicans unanimously vote against minimum wage increases

The point is: this is an incredibly infrequent, small pay bump that takes a few hundred people from barely upper middle class salary to still barely upper middle class salary

It's a not even a drop in the bucket on spending
It doesnt merit comparison on spending on healthcare & education
It doesnt merit paying attention to

Focus on real shit

g980 posted...

The point is: this is an incredibly infrequent, small pay bump that takes a few hundred people from barely upper middle class salary to still barely upper middle class salary

It's a not even a drop in the bucket on spending
It doesnt merit comparison on spending on healthcare & education
It doesnt merit paying attention to

Focus on real shit

Counterpoint: fuck em

The house nor congress deserve any pay raise. They barely do their jobs as is and Republicans don't want to help any other Americans except the rich anyway. They can eat shit.

I'm sure the average conservative has no problem with this though even if it's obvious greed, corruption, and hypocrisy. They're good little simps.

Nah, fuck them

they work for what like 4 months and then go back to campaigning or supporting fascists?

g980 posted...

The point is: this is an incredibly infrequent, small pay bump that takes a few hundred people from barely upper middle class salary to still barely upper middle class salary

It's a not even a drop in the bucket on spending
It doesnt merit comparison on spending on healthcare & education
It doesnt merit paying attention to

Focus on real shit

Please, please, please , be a joke post.

I know it's not, but jfc

g980 posted...

The point is: this is an incredibly infrequent, small pay bump that takes a few hundred people from barely upper middle class salary to still barely upper middle class salary

It's a not even a drop in the bucket on spending
It doesnt merit comparison on spending on healthcare & education
It doesnt merit paying attention to

Focus on real shit

You have the unmitigated gall to type that sentence while talking about Republicans?

When have Republicans EVER focused on real shit. You don't seem to care too much about the money being spent going after the FBI and DOJ on a political witch hunt. Don't seem to have any issue on all the money spent focusing on Hunter Biden's dick.

Republicans haven't written legislation or done anything to help Americans in decades.

Unreal statement. Tagged.

FolkenRawr posted...

Please, please, please , be a joke post.

I know it's not, but jfc

The fact that some people can think its not a.big enough of a problem to worry about...

g980 posted...

The point is: this is an incredibly infrequent, small pay bump that takes a few hundred people from barely upper middle class salary to still barely upper middle class salary

It's a not even a drop in the bucket on spending
It doesnt merit comparison on spending on healthcare & education
It doesnt merit paying attention to

Focus on real shit

Like the cost of living for the average American is becomming untennable and the minimum wage is failing to keep up with inflation, mostly because greedy corporations refuse to pay people more while simultainously raising prices?

Yea, let's focus on that instead. Oh wait, we tried that, multiple times, and these very same Republicans voted it down, unanimously, because "lulz, nope. Bootstraps and prayers and no free lunches. Get a job, you commies!!!".

Yea... they can fuck all the way off.

Imagine voting for them.

Grifts Over People

They shouldn't be paid at all and no health insurance either

g980 posted...

A 4.6% raise after 15 years for a couple hundred people isnt a big deal, dont take the outrage bait

Unless you truly believe only the independently wealthy should work in congress

Lol, fuck off. As has already been mentioned, these asswipes are actively seeking to make the country worse.

And though not at all surprising, the blatant hypocrisy of bitching about excessive government spending while lobbying for pay raises for themselves when they already make a fair wage for sitting on their asses making sure any and all forward progress is stymied is just par for the course for today's GQP.

And thats not even bringing up their heinous smear campaign against minorities.

Republicans are utterly despicable. Those who vote them in are responsible for leading the country to its downfall.

Sounds like the house republicans should have invested in some boot straps

GranolaPanic posted...

The optics of it are terrible. Why should they get a raise when they are completely against the idea of $15 minimum wage for average workers?

It actually makes sense. See, they're poor people. If they wanted to have more money they should try not being poor.

Its like yall fundamentally misunderstand the idea of a cost of living raise. It shouldnt be tied to performance or lack thereof or any other conditions other than the inflation rate having eroded the real value of their stipend.