Congress Violated Law by Canceling Its Own Pay Raises, Court Says

Many members of Congress could be entitled to back-pay after years of denying themselves automatic cost-of-living adjustments. Congressional salaries were set at $174,000 in 2009, and every year since then Congress has voted against allowing an automatic adjustment for inflation, worried about the political ramifications of giving themselves a raise. A small, bipartisan group of current and former lawmakers filed suit, arguing that those repeated votes to freeze their pay violatRead More