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Jason Chaffetz: Members of Congress should get $30,000 a year to help them pay rent
CNBC ^ | June 27, 2017 | Ester Bloom

Posted on 06/27/2017 8:19:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The cost of housing has gotten so expensive that Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) thinks that a monthly subsidy of $2,500 would help ease the burden — for members of Congress.

He told The Hill on Monday that "I really do believe Congress would be much better served if there was a housing allowance for members of Congress," given that "Washington, D.C., is one of the most expensive places in the world." He said that "a $2,500 housing allowance would be appropriate and a real help to have at least a decent quality of life in Washington."

$2,500 a month comes out to $30,000 a year. That would bring the annual Congressional salary, which is $174,000, to over $200,000. It would also cost taxpayers "roughly $16 million a year for all 535 members" of Congress, The Hill reports.....

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TOPICS: U.S. Congress; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: allowances; benefits; congress; perks
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To: EDINVA

Vehicle Leases
http://www.house.gov/content/vendors/leases/vehicle.php

Congressmen’s Taxpayer-Funded Vehicles Reveal Hodgepodge of Fuel Efficiency, Government Transparency
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/08/congress-vehicles/


101 posted on 06/27/2017 11:28:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: JudyinCanada

That would be the Representative from SD. She has slept in her office for her entire time in DC.

She is running for Governor of the State and leaving DC.

As with all of the elected officials in DC from the State of SD, her conservative voting record is graded “F”.


102 posted on 06/27/2017 11:38:32 PM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“I Am starting to think that we should supply them with nice little studio apartments and cut their salaries.”

I’ve said that only I say give them a three bedroom condo in a gated development just for members of congress. Utilities can even be paid for. I’ll admit they deserve a comfortable place to live.

Then cut the salary to the mode amount for an American family of 4.

That is a very generous pay package.

If they want more money improve the economy


103 posted on 06/27/2017 11:47:38 PM PDT by Nicholas Sharpe (An old Sea Dog)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Drop their salaries by $30,000 per year is where that should go.


104 posted on 06/28/2017 2:06:22 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Go home, Jason. You never amounted to much anyway.


105 posted on 06/28/2017 2:26:54 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Each state should have a compound/embassy in DC were its representatives can live rent free as a disincentive to corruption.


106 posted on 06/28/2017 2:34:25 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: zerosix

Yep. This is the real reason he left. However, he’ll be putting that he “served” in Congress on every resume from here on out. Jason’s gonna be just fine.


107 posted on 06/28/2017 2:41:55 AM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Build a dorm for them, no frills, just a bed, desk, and chairb per room. Require that all members live there when Congress is in session and that they go home to their district when it is not.


108 posted on 06/28/2017 2:51:50 AM PDT by kalee
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

End welfare in DC. Have the welfare types have to move out. Gentrify the neighborhoods. Suddenly, lots of cheap housing.


109 posted on 06/28/2017 2:52:53 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: manc

Excellent idea!


110 posted on 06/28/2017 3:06:23 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: stanne

No one forced you to run


111 posted on 06/28/2017 3:20:25 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These people are despicable. So much for lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.


112 posted on 06/28/2017 3:24:41 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was ObamaThanks surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When did he move to the Democrat party?


113 posted on 06/28/2017 3:29:15 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jason needs a safe space. What a clown show.


114 posted on 06/28/2017 3:44:16 AM PDT by boycott
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To: mewzilla

Wonder how much health care for Critters, Senators, and their dependants cost taxpayers annually...?


115 posted on 06/28/2017 3:46:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was ObamaThanks surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It may start at $2500 a month, but they will raise that every year with a voice vote in the dead of night. In no time it will be up to $15,000, because it’s really going to be used for booze, gambling, and hush money payments to their mistresses, not for family housing.


116 posted on 06/28/2017 3:53:10 AM PDT by greedo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Here’s a better idea. Have the states take over compensation for their representatives.


117 posted on 06/28/2017 3:56:43 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How about co-ed dorms in the section 8 housing area...


118 posted on 06/28/2017 4:07:02 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Glad this guy is quitting in a few days! He’s gone nutty, but I used to think he was a good guy and a tough questioner. However, he never followed through on the findings from his hearings and let the slimes slide.

As I recall, when he first entered office he had a fold-out bed in the closet in his office and that’s where he lived when in DC.

...Most of the 535 in the Legislature branch in DC have millions after only a few years there. How does that happen without lobbyists and blackmailers (to prevent airing negative info and buy votes)?


119 posted on 06/28/2017 4:14:01 AM PDT by octex
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To: trebb
Three options here:

1. Build congressional billets in the DC area that are built to the same standard as barracks for enlisted military personnel. If congress wants to improve their digs, military housing has to be improved across the boards first. They can even have a day room for their little cocktail parties that are too big for their offices.

or,

2. Dock congressional salary, which I believe is already structured for maintenance of a second household, and make the stipend for DC housing a matter for the congressional district (for reps) and the state (for senators). No reason a congressman from Northern VA, South central PA, etc. should be getting the same stipend as somebody from Montana, when the former all live in easy commuting distance.

or,

Decentralize and/or eliminate all the federal offices in DC and have the agencies, contractors, lobbyists etc. move elsewhere. This will lower property values and then the poor wittle wepwesentatives can afford to pay rent without digging even deeper into taxpayer's pocket.

120 posted on 06/28/2017 4:16:13 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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