WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t stop some federal judges from getting cost-of-living increases promised to them by Congress but never paid, a move that could end up increasing the salaries of all federal judges. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal of a decision ordering the money to six federal judges. [...]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t stop some federal judges from getting cost-of-living increases promised to them by Congress but never paid, a move that could end up increasing the salaries of all federal judges. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal of a decision ordering the money to six federal judges. [...]
President Obama's decision to return 5 percent of his salary to the U.S. Treasury in show of solidarity with federal workers might make folks wonder whether Congress will do the same. Members of the House and Senate earn $174,000 annually and haven't voted to raise their salaries since 2009, knowing that increasing their paychecks would only make them more unpopular with the general public ...
The Florida Supreme Court will decide if a state law requiring public employees to pay three percent of their salaries toward their pensions is constitutional.
A U.S. representative suggests: If members of Congress can't pass a budget, we should stop paying their salaries. If taxpayers want better results from Congress, they must stop paying their elected officials for failure. After all, you get what you pay for.
The White House released Friday its annual report listing the salaries of all 468 of its employees. Total payroll is up about $700,000 and it has added 14 more employees since last year's report. The report, which Congress has required since 1995, shows ...
The White House. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) As it does every year, the White House made public the salaries of its 468 employees , from the associate director for scheduling correspondence Michael S. McSwain, Jr. ($41,000) to President Obama's chief of staff Jacob J. Lew ($172,200). Two employees — senior policy adviser David Kaden and special assistant Andrew Parker — earned exactly zero dollars ...
The Fix Congress Now Caucus is a bipartisan task force of representatives committed to fixing Congress through meaningful reforms. Our first goal: Pass the No Budget, No Pay Act, which would require Congress to pass a budget on time or have members' salaries withheld until it does.
House members voted on Friday to pass the Legislative Branch budget for fiscal year 2013, which includes their own salaries as well as those of their staff. Though funding across the House of Representatives has been reduced by 10.5 percent since Republicans took control of the chamber in 2011, according to House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., salaries and members ...
