Kind of ironic, cuz I think that's the last time the federal minimum wage was raised.

Too many vacations and blocked off days. Let them see what their constituents do to make ends meet

It doesn’t hurt the millionaire caucus to freeze their pay, these people aren’t there for the paycheck, but purely for power.

It only hurts actual citizen lawmakers, folks like AOC and others, who are the only ones actually harmed by dumb policies like this.

Making sure that in the rare case a normal person could be elected to Congress, that they would have the ability to maintain residences in very expensive Washington and their home state without being destitute should be the goal.

Call Jeffries and Schumer and tell them not to cave

Either he puts the country first or he loses his speakership. He might lose it anyway.

What could go wrong?

The House can then claim they raised the debt ceiling...
Of course, that is the equivalent of couch cushion change or Grammy sending you a two dollar bill for your tenth birthday, but we can call it "The Donald Trump and Elon Musk Gratuitous Debt Ceiling Increase of 2024" to make everyone happy.

Haele