[SkyPilot]

Gramm-Rudman says that any individual employee’s salary that is set by law, like standard federal pay scales, can’t be cut because of a sequester. But that provision doesn’t explain why a whole class of people, like the member of Congress, couldn’t see an across-the-board pay reduction. The OMB official said Gramm-Rudman simply doesn’t apply to lawmakers’ salaries at all due to the specific way in which they are funded.

Meanwhile, for the low paid GS-3s and GS-4s out there:

So how did lawmakers’ pay escape the axe? Turns out that’s a mystery with conflicting explanations that lead deep into a rabbit hole of federal budgeting arcana.

Glad the protected class is doing so well.

[cotton1706]

Why do they write these stories instead of reading the Constitution. Congressional pay cannot be changed until an election has intervened.

[no-to-illegals]

so look for incumbents to fight even dirtier to hold their seats in order to stay away from the Death Panels

At least now we know why the drones are taking to the air. The Death Panels decide who, when and where.

[no-to-illegals]

Would be willing to bet the SC would state this is covered under the “commerce clause”

[COBOL2Java]

So how many letters have you written to the Obama Administration and Congress protesting this?

[Flintlock]

IRRELEVANT.

Their REAL money comes from graft and insider trading, of course. They can skip this “pay” or salary stuff and hardly miss it at all.

[GladesGuru]

You are showing a startling lack of respect for America’s Ubermenschen!

Queen Pelosi is Not amused.

AgencyPersons are reading everything!

They know about your respect deficit and are eager to ‘help you’.

;-)

[nothingnew]

Bwahahaha!....color me surprised!

FMCDH(BITS)

[ncpatriot]

well, they should have pay cut. They plus other two branches of gov’t should suffer like the people do. My reasoning: that will motivate them