House Democrats secretly passed a new rule that will see lawmakers get a $34,000 "pay raise"

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@Nemesis

Dam who in their right mind can support this.

US House Members Get Huge Break With Living-Cost Reimbursements

This is a new change for this year, backed by both parties. House Members can now claim reimbursement for lodging, meals and incidentals for days they are actually in Washington, DC and the House is in session. Of course, they COULD take some of those cost of living adjustments they have been refusing since 2009 and they wouldn’t have this issue. Their pay increased to $174,000 in 2009 and has been kept that way ever since. If they had not refused any pay raises since the cost of living ac…

See @Safiel comments in the original thread.

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