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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When does the spending stop. Shut
Is down [/quote]
Shutdowns cost more than regular funded government operations. 💡[/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]Congress gave themselves a pay raise. Will they vote for it? Decline the raise if they opposed it and it passes? What will happen? [/quote]

These two things right here.

Shutdowns cost more than keeping government running. Every time Congress goes to shutdown they spend taxpayer money to do it.

Also, Congress has given themselves a raise even as they fret over spending, create DOGE and associated committee to look at feds (feds are not Congress), etc.

Please be aware of these things.[/quote]

[b]The pay raise is almost 40%. [/b] And let's not pretend they aren't also grossly enriching themselves through grift, insider trading and other things.  At least half of the Members of Congress are now worth millions of dollars.[/quote]

Nope, that's yet another Elon/Twitter- created lie. The pay raise is a COLA raise, 3.8%.

[quote]Rank-and-file lawmakers in both chambers earn $174,000 annual salary, with those in leadership earning more. [b]The maximum potential member pay adjustment in January 2025 under the stopgap spending bill would be 3.8 percent, which would result in a salary of $180,600, an increase of $6,600.[/b][/quote]

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/18/congress/congress-pay-raise-increase-00195089[/quote]

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