Purists, like House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) argue that calling it a "pay raise" is wrong when it's really a COLA (Cost Of Living Adjustment):
"It's not a pay raise. It's an adjustment so that they're not losing their purchasing power."
--Tom DeLay (R-TX),
quoted on 2006 Congressional Pay Raise
Congress has allowed itself a raise every year since 1998. By the way, the minimum wage has been at $5.15 since Congress last raised it in 1996 -- two years before Congress' string of four digit pay raises for itself. (AP)
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That comment is bound to come back and bite him in the ass one of these days. I hope Democrats talk that one up constantly next year and that his Democratic opponent will make sure to talk about his wage hike while his constituents were left in the dust.
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