Oklahoma senator says House doesn't deserve a COLA adjustment because its bills go nowhere
Source: Think Progress
Low pay for lawmakers can be a factor in political corruption.
Josh Israel
Jun 12, 2019, 10:26 am
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) took aim at an effort by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other lawmakers to allow a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for members of Congress for the first time in a decade, saying that the House doesn't deserve a "merit bonus" for their "inactivity."
Lankford is part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) Republican majority in the Senate, which has helped block any legislative action whatsoever on dozens of important bills that lawmakers in the House have passed, and turned the chamber into what Senate Democrats have taken to calling a "legislative graveyard." But he said on Tuesday that the House does not deserve more pay because they have not enacted enough legislation.
Most members of the House of Representatives earn $174,000 each year -- a figure that has been unchanged since 2009. Since the 27th Amendment prevents Congress from raising its own salary during its term, lawmakers adopted a law in 1989 automatically adjusting member's salaries to keep up with the cost of living annually.
But with low public approval ratings, members often vote to waive that pay raise -- a move that may be politically wise, but which has helped keep those who are not independently wealthy out of Congress. Conservative estimates find that the average net worth of a member of Congress is over $1 million.
https://thinkprogress.org/oklahoma-senator-says-house-doesnt-deserve-a-pay-raise-because-the-senate-is-blocking-bills-3b0e5dc17a6a/
Well Lankford according to OpenSecrets.org your really getting a lot of money from entities that like to pad ones coffers correct.......................do you think that maybe this is also some form of corruption at its finest.........................I think so, and so does Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), makes sense to me and her...................but your fascist ilk don't see it that way correct......................you have a who's who on your list, that instill your libertarian federalist society ethos correct, but your just fine packing the courts to really fuck people over when they get on the bench correct, with your dead beat fucking corrupt senate leader Mitch (turtle) McConnell, making over 225,000 a year doing nothing..........................
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00031129
Update;
Now I wonder with the latest from the traitor if he will support him......................someone should ask Lankford that question............................and if he gives it the he doesn't know bullshit........................then ask would he call the FBI if a foreign agents made contact with him...................
