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Congress votes itself a pay raise. Nothing like leading by example.
"A crumbling economy, more than 2 million constituents who have lost their jobs this year, and congressional demands of CEOs to work for free did not convince lawmakers to freeze their own pay."
While the increase is not large, 2.8 % - symbolically it is the wrong thing to do. Remember that pay increase comes from tax money.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/with-economy-in-shambles-congress-gets-a-raise-2008-12-17.html
Nice