Members of Congress may be about to get a pay raise for the first time since 2009

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House Speaker Mike Johnson
Lawmakers could get as high as a $6,600 pay raise as part of a short-term government funding bill that's set to get a vote this week.

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Mitt Romney says lawmakers should get paid even more than $174,000 so that lawmakers stop sleeping in their offices

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Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Capitol Hill on September 21, 2023.
Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Capitol Hill on September 21, 2023.

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Elizabeth Warren says lawmakers need a raise so that Congress isn't 'the plaything of multimillionaires and billionaires'

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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at a hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2024.
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at a hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2024.

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AOC still thinks $174,000 isn't enough money for members of Congress: 'I know it's kind of a contrarian position'

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Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York at a hearing on Capitol Hill on July 19, 2023.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York at a hearing on Capitol Hill on July 19, 2023.

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