What is the current annual salary of the members of Congress?
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$165,100 per year, for rank and file members of the house and senate.
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As of about 30 seconds ago, about $241,160,000,000 has been spent based on estimates from congressional appropriations. The population of the United States currently is about 298,116,000. Therefore, the cost per capita is $808.95.
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You should edit your question so that it is more clear.  Are you talking about how much Washington DC takes in from taxes?  They taxed about 4 trillion dollars last year, or roughly 20% of gross domestic product.
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Ironically, the United States passed the 27th Amendment in 1992, a leftover from the original Bill of Rights, which was intended to curb pay raise abuses in Congress.  It stipulates that any pay raise cannot go into effect until the next term.  Since an overwhelming number of congressmen are incumbents and constantly re-elected, this provision is rather meaningless.\n\nIn 1989, Congress approved an automatic cost-of-living increase each year that can only be stopped if Congress chooses to reject it.  Conveniently, Congress has refused to reject it yet.\n\nIf citizens complained more loudly to their representatives, they may be able to change the spending habits of Congress.  Unfortunately, this matter is just another one of a long list of matters that people complain about and later forget, meaning that Congress can continue to vote for pay increases without any political ramifications.\n\nI've linked a couple of interesting articles from some fiscally conservative organizations, The Cato Institute and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), regarding this matter.
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There are currently 435 members in the U.S. House of Representatives.  You can find more information at the link I have provided below.
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congress sets the salary of the president, all other executive officers (secretaries), the justices, and themselves.
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535 Total\n\n100 In the Senate\n435 In the House of Representatives
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Here is some salary information from the National Education Association, a major teacher's union:
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$79,500 a year in salary. Click on budget bills and then on legislative and judiciary budget.
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Tax payers pay it all. Count on it. The US Congress spends in total about $ 535 million Per year. Congress has never worked less in the History of our Country since 1948. They now work only two days per week. Each member in Congress is paid base pay of $165,000 or more. Add expenses and you come up with about $1 million each.
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U.S. - The annual salary of each senator, as of 2006, was $165,200.\n\nState - The annual salary of each senator and of each member of the General Assembly is $500.\n\nhttp://www.1911encyclopedia.org/New_Jersey#Administration
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It seems that I heard a figure that was approximately 14,000 -15,000 per year.  At any rate, it hasn't been helped by our dear law makers and executive branch - the mininum wage hasn't seen an increase in 9 years!\n\nOh, by the way, free trade is Good for the U.S.A. workers!  Yeah, right!
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Avg individual income in the U.S. is $25,650 yearly. U.S. Congressmen are paid $165,200. To add insult to injury, they decide, by voting, wether or not to raise their salaries every year. \n\nThey inevitably do.
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The BK is right.  Under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, "The President, shall, at stated times receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected ..."\n\nClinton signed legislation in 1999 to double the salary to 400k.  But under that Article, it wouldn't take effect until the next term or Bush's 1st year.  Congress is the only one that can raise salaries.
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Red Cross \nAnd the vice president made 450.000 dollars in salary last year..\nWhat gives?
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It was increased to $400,000 in 2001. The Vice-President receives $202,900. Former Presidents receive $151,000 plus $150,000 per year to maintain an office. Former first ladies receive $20,000 a year. Before that, the US President was paid $200,000 a year resulting in senior officials having salaries nearly equal with that of the President.
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I know!!  And last year they broke the record for the least amount of work days in any previous congress!  How can they give themselves a raise and not the working class heros of America?  It's disgusting.