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- Current and former lawmakers filed a class-action lawsuit seeking $50 million from the government.
- They argue their salaries, stuck at $174,000 since 2009, have been "unconstitutionally suppressed."
- The suit's being led by Ken Cuccinelli, an ex-Trump official who doesn't care how unpopular this is.
You may have heard that some lawmakers think the $174,000 annual salary for rank-and-file House and Senate members is too low.