[ifinnegan]

It is true that it is not that much.

But do they not have expense accounts beyond salary?

[stars & stripes forever]

“But do they not have expense accounts beyond salary?”

Don’t they get to keep all their extra campaign cash when they retire?

[Jim Noble]

But do they not have expense accounts beyond salary?

They do, but the reason they all retire as multimillionaires is not their salary, nor their expense accounts.

It's the bribes.