H.R.5087 - To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2009.

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1/22/2008--Introduced.
Provides that no automatic pay adjustment shall be considered to have taken effect in FY2009 in the rates of basic pay for Members of Congress under the statutory pay system (thus eliminating the pay adjustment for Members for such fiscal year).

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01/03/09
OpEdNews » Getting and Spending – Keeping the Faith in Government

Harry Mitchell deserves credit for earlier this year sponsoring legislation (H.R. 5087) that would have blocked the automatic pay adjustments that are about to take effect. In spite of the bill’s 34 co-sponsors, it never made it out of ...

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Last January a bill, HR 5087, was introduced to freeze this year’s pay increase. The bill is expected to fail, having only 34 cosponsors, far short of the 218 votes needed to pass. Link. Bush Rule: Health care providers can refuse to ...

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