Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
What you got
Members of the House and Senate were home for their nearly six week “August Recess.” But don’t worry (or do worry?), they’ll be back September 13.
Many lawmakers are documenting their summer travel on their Facebook pages. See if you can find your member and then head on over to our Facebook page to tell us what they’re doing and whether you’re getting your money’s worth this August.
Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
What you got
Members of the House and Senate were home for their nearly six week “August Recess.” But don’t worry (or do worry?), they’ll be back September 13.
Many lawmakers are documenting their summer travel on their Facebook pages. See if you can find your member and then head on over to our Facebook page to tell us what they’re doing and whether you’re getting your money’s worth this August.
Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
What you got
The House was out of session last week for its August district work period. It will reconvene Tuesday to vote on the $26-billion state aid package passed by the Senate last week.
In addition to the aid bill, the Senate last week confirmed Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.
Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
What you got
The House voted on 18 bills or resolutions which will cost more than $206.4 billion (all costs over five years unless otherwise noted):
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that fruit and vegetable and commodity producers are encouraged to display the American flag on labels of products grown in the United States. COST: $0
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. COST: $67.4 billion
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. COST: $77.3 billion
To amend title 11 of the U.S. Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate. COST: UNKNOWN
Honoring the educational significance of Dr. Jane Goodall’s work on this the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her work in Tanzania, Africa. COST: $0
National Manufacturing Strategy Act. COST: UNKNOWN
Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010. COST: UNKNOWN
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. COST: $58.9 billion
Recognizing and honoring the freight rail industry. COST: $0
Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act. POSSIBLE SAVINGS.
Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. COST: $0
Recognizing and honoring the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. COST: $0
To amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to increase the transparency and accountability of Federal advisory committees, and for other purpose. COST: $120 million
Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
What you got
Besides the unemployment benefits extension bill (see below), the House voted on 7 bills or resolutions which will cost more than $881 million (all costs over five years unless otherwise noted):
To designate the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, MI as the Joyce Rogers Post Office Building. COST: $0
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2010. COST UNKNOWN
Honoring the service and commitment of the 111th Fighter Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard. COST: $0
Prevention of Interstate Commerce in Animal Crush Videos Act of 2010. COST: $0
Congratulating the Saratoga Race Course as it celebrates its 142nd season. COST: $0
Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic. COST: $361 MILLION
Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act. COST: $0
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010. COST: $14 MILLION
Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act. COST: $250,000
The Senate passed the conference report to the financial regulatory reform bill. The bill includes $10.2 billion in new spending, which does not affect the debt (because of tax increases), but is nonetheless a large increase in spending. The House passed the bill before the 4th of July recess, so it now goes to the President for his signature.
