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H.R.4720 Taking Responsibility For Congressional Pay Act, 111th Congress

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Latest Action: Mar 02, 2010 Introduced in House

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Committee Assignment: House Administration

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Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform

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96% of users support H.R.4720

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To provide for a 5 percent reduction in the rates of basic pay for Members of Congress. (1 comments, Link )

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specifically, this section of the legislation: "To provide for a 5 percent reduction in the rates of basic pay for Members of Congress.",

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Beaven: we tried and tried to get Mica to debate in District 7 ... - October 27, 2010 by Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel - ... Mica has in fact has been on the front line fighting against congressional pay raises by cosponsoring two bills to end automatic pay raises and another bill to roll back congressional salaries by 5%(H.R. 156, H.R. 4255, HR 4720). ...

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As noted by Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel on October 27, 2010, "... Mica has in fact has been on the front line fighting against congressional pay raises by cosponsoring two bills to end automatic pay raises and another bill to roll back congressional salaries by 5%(H.R. 156, H.R. 4255, HR 4720). ..." (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2010/10/beaven-we-tried-and-tried-to-get-mica-to-debate-in-district-7-race.html)
Conscientiously Conservative: Pioneer Press won't tell you this ... - October 21, 2010 by Conscientiously Conservative - Also, H.R. 4720, the Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act, which would give Congress a 5% paycut (starting salary for Congress is $179000). This is still stuck in committee. So it is hard to take Betty at face value when she ...

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As noted by Conscientiously Conservative on October 21, 2010, "Also, H.R. 4720, the Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act, which would give Congress a 5% paycut (starting salary for Congress is $179000). This is still stuck in committee. So it is hard to take Betty at face value when she ..." (http://conconmom.blogspot.com/2010/10/pioneer-press-wont-tell-you-this-read.html)
Post Game Wrap Up of MNCD4 Debate with Teresa Collett and Betty ... - October 20, 2010 by Conservative Blogs Central - Also, HR 4720, the Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act, which would give Congress a 5% paycut (starting salary for Congress is $179000). This is still stuck in committee. So it is hard to take Betty at face value when she ...

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As noted by Conservative Blogs Central on October 20, 2010, "Also, HR 4720, the Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act, which would give Congress a 5% paycut (starting salary for Congress is $179000). This is still stuck in committee. So it is hard to take Betty at face value when she ..." (http://conservativeblogscentral.blogspot.com/2010/10/post-game-wrap-up-of-mncd4-debate-with.html)

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