At $174,000 plus what they can expense out they aren’t underpaid.
The median household income in Fairfax County, VA is $103,000.
Let them live in the burbs and commute like the proles they steal from.
Many working taxpayers who commute back and forth all the way from West Virginia to DC for work every day can only dream of making $174,000 a year.
Move the Senate and House to places like Detroit and Dearbornistan.
I guarantee they would accomplish a lot more in a much shorter time and they wouldn’t be lingering around to attend elitist parties.
Two retorts spring immediately to mind. One is that they aren't decent any where so why should DC be any different?
The second is what Nero said when he completed Domus Aurea "At last I am beginning to be housed like a human being."
The Congresscritters might want to take note of his end as a warning.
Maybe if Cong. Moron didn’t have so many bar tabs, he’d be able to afford living on his salary. (PS Has he stopped beating his ex-wife?)