like THAT is a distinction...
i see, not paying the terrorists more, just buying them better bombs...
Sure, there’s been a hefty increase. But apparently there just hasn’t been a salary increase for Congress in terms of their own personal salaries (which haven’t changed since 2009). The increase is in their office budgets, out of which they pay their staff. Apparently Congress does well enough over all that they haven’t boosted their salaries since ‘09.