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- Members of Congress make $174,000 and haven't gotten a raise since 2009.
- Mitt Romney is among the lawmakers who say it's time for members of Congress to get a raise.
- He specifically pointed to an unseemly fact about Congress: many lawmakers sleep in their offices.
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah says he believes members of Congress are not paid enough.
Members of the House and Senate are paid $174,000 annually, and have been since 2009. Majority and minority leaders make $193,400, while the speaker of the House makes $223,500.
But Congress isn't like any old job: Most members travel back and forth between DC and their home districts twice a week, and they need somewhere to sleep when they're in the nation's capital.