[Sonny M]

I was under the impression that Congress never had "earned" income on which it pay FICA myself

Congress really doesn't earn money, they sort of take it.lol

I'm trying to find out if they do pay social security or not. I was told years ago that the story of them not paying social security was just an urban legend.

[ancient_geezer]

According to the way the tax law reads Congress Critters do pay the SS/Mediscare tax.

This is backed up by Snopes Urban Legend archive:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/pensions.htm