Continuing her years-long fight to cut federal spending and boost
accountability, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill this week
reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would end automatic pay raises
for members of Congress.
"If Congress wants to give themselves a pay raise, they ought to vote on it
in the light of day, and not hide behind automatic raises," said McCaskill, a
former prosecutor and Missouri State Auditor. "Members of Congress have got a
lot of work to do—to strengthen accountability in government, boost
job opportunities, and cut wasteful spending—before they’ll have earned a pay
raise."
Under current law, members of Congress automatically receive yearly
cost-of-living pay increases unless members vote to stop the increase.
McCaskill has helped stop several individual yearly pay
raises since arriving in the Senate. Due in part to her efforts,
Congressional members have not received a pay raise since 2009. McCaskill is
seeking to change the law so that Congress would have to proactively vote to
raise its own pay. McCaskill's legislation would eliminate the provision in law
that provides for an annual automatic pay raise for members of Congress and
therefore require Congress to pass legislation that will raise their pay.
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