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- Salary $174k per year each
- $7.6 million per year for meal reimbursements
- The House Committees, just to meet, they get $212 million
- Each Congress rep is allotted up to 18 staffers
- Wages for each of the 18 staffers per Congress rep are from $58k-$200k each
- Their MRA, the Members' Representational Allowance is $810 million
- Majority and Minority leadership, Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson, get $37 million just for them
- MRA broken down is $1.5 million to each Congress Rep
- Actual Budget can range around $2 million per member, though some suggest it might be closer to $5 million when including all expenses
- Operational Costs: $750 million for House expenses and $250 million for Senate expenses
- US Congress is getting 18 weeks of vacation this year
- Congress will only work 133 days in 2025
Conservative estimate total cost $1.5 million to $2 billion per year
What do we get in exchange for this?
- Salary $174k per year each
- $7.6 million per year for meal reimbursements
- The House Committees, just to meet, they get $212 million
- Each Congress rep is allotted up to 18 staffers
- Wages for each of the 18 staffers per Congress rep are from $58k-$200k each
- Their MRA, the Members' Representational Allowance is $810 million
- Majority and Minority leadership, Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson, get $37 million just for them
- MRA broken down is $1.5 million to each Congress Rep
- Actual Budget can range around $2 million per member, though some suggest it might be closer to $5 million when including all expenses
- Operational Costs: $750 million for House expenses and $250 million for Senate expenses
- US Congress is getting 18 weeks of vacation this year
- Congress will only work 133 days in 2025
Conservative estimate total cost $1.5 million to $2 billion per year
What do we get in exchange for this?
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