Nancy Pelosi has added a $25,000,000 raise for Congress in the Coronavirus Bill.
This adds up to $46,728.97 per year for each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives and the 100 members of the Senate. Non-leadership members of Congress currently earn $172,000. This boondoggle will raise their pay to approximately $218,000 depending on how the raises are appropriated.
Insane, right?
Here’s a copy of the page which includes the extra congressional pork: