“Those” guys are the rare breed who can give themselves any raise they desire, and they have the best retirement plans on planet, and they get more time off than all other working stiffs (including teachers who are next in line), and they become multi-millionaires in politics!
On a modest $174K salary, too. Yeah, that's a lot of money to most of us, but in the high-cost, high-tax DC area it's not enough to make you rich. A full accounting of ALL income should be required of every officeholder. And all political donations should be ANONYMOUS. You can't sell influence if you don't know who is buying.