While Everyday Americans Struggle, Congress Gives Their Staffers A 21% Pay Bump With Your Tax Dollars

It’s apparently a good time to be a staffer in the House of Representatives, as Congress reportedly revealed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill on March 9th that “would substantially boost the office budgets of House members to pay staff more,” to the tune of a 21% increase.

Contained within the bulky omnibus spending bill is a total of $5.9 billion in funding for the Legislative Branch’s 2022 fiscal year, where $774.4 million of the aforementioned $5.9 billion is going toward the Members Representational Allowance.

This Members Representational Allowance (MRA) is meant to compensate not the actual members of the House, but their staff – and $774.4 million set aside for FY 2022 marks an increase of $134.4 million over the previous fiscal – or a 21% bump in allowances/pay.

While hardworking Americans are ostensibly wincing in pain every time they go and fill up at the pump, the likes of House staffers (who can even out-earn members of Congress, with salaries as high as $193K/year) who are likely engaged in medial tasks such as whipping up Nancy Pelosi’s vodka tonics are comfortably sitting in the top 10% of earners nationally.- READ MORE