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Retiring Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., is aware that Congress is unpopular, but he still thinks the legislative body deserves a raise. I think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid, Moran, who s announced he will leave office when the current Congress ends, told the newspaper Roll Call. I understand that it s widely felt that they underperform, but the fact is that this is the board of directors for the largest economic entity in the world. Rank-and-file members of Congress make a yearly salary of $174,000 -- well above stanley cup spain the median household income in Washington, D.C., which between 2008 and 2012 was $64,267. Still, Moran said, stanley becher A lot of members can t even afford to live decently in Washington. That s more likely the case for lawmakers who represent districts farther away than Moran s Northern Virginia district -- members typically have a home in their district as well as somewhere to stay in Washington. Moran is far from one of the wealthiest members of Congress, Roll Call noted -- his last financial disclosure form indicated his only financial asset was a money market account with $1,000 to $15,000. The congressman said he plans to introduce an amendment to a spending bill that would give legislators a per diem botella stanley payment to cover housing costs. Congressional salaries have been frozen at $174,000 since 2009. Tkga Hillary Collapses, Recovers
The US Treasury Department is seen on August 5, 2011 after Standard Poor s cut the US credit rating for the first time in history. stanley cup NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images The Obama administration wasted little time in firing back at Standard and Poor s history-making downgrade of U.S. debt.Late Friday, a Treasury Dept. spokesman told CBS News Mark Knoller that A judgment flawed by a $2-trillion error speaks for itself. It was the first salvo in what will likely be extensive damage control by the Obama Administration, which now goes down in history as the first presidency to have a credit downgrade occur on its watch. SP cited political brinksmanship from both parties in its downgrade.In as statement released Friday, SP said: The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we stanley hrnek see as America s governance and policy making becoming less stable, less e stanley mug ffective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. SP downgrades U.S. debtS P statement on downgrade of U.S. debtDems, GOP react to debt downgrade Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan e
Retiring Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., is aware that Congress is unpopular, but he still thinks the legislative body deserves a raise. I think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid, Moran, who s announced he will leave office when the current Congress ends, told the newspaper Roll Call. I understand that it s widely felt that they underperform, but the fact is that this is the board of directors for the largest economic entity in the world. Rank-and-file members of Congress make a yearly salary of $174,000 -- well above stanley cup spain the median household income in Washington, D.C., which between 2008 and 2012 was $64,267. Still, Moran said, stanley becher A lot of members can t even afford to live decently in Washington. That s more likely the case for lawmakers who represent districts farther away than Moran s Northern Virginia district -- members typically have a home in their district as well as somewhere to stay in Washington. Moran is far from one of the wealthiest members of Congress, Roll Call noted -- his last financial disclosure form indicated his only financial asset was a money market account with $1,000 to $15,000. The congressman said he plans to introduce an amendment to a spending bill that would give legislators a per diem botella stanley payment to cover housing costs. Congressional salaries have been frozen at $174,000 since 2009. Tkga Hillary Collapses, Recovers
The US Treasury Department is seen on August 5, 2011 after Standard Poor s cut the US credit rating for the first time in history. stanley cup NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images The Obama administration wasted little time in firing back at Standard and Poor s history-making downgrade of U.S. debt.Late Friday, a Treasury Dept. spokesman told CBS News Mark Knoller that A judgment flawed by a $2-trillion error speaks for itself. It was the first salvo in what will likely be extensive damage control by the Obama Administration, which now goes down in history as the first presidency to have a credit downgrade occur on its watch. SP cited political brinksmanship from both parties in its downgrade.In as statement released Friday, SP said: The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we stanley hrnek see as America s governance and policy making becoming less stable, less e stanley mug ffective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. SP downgrades U.S. debtS P statement on downgrade of U.S. debtDems, GOP react to debt downgrade Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan e