Congress Pay Hikes Left Intact
The Supreme Court today left intact the current system for giving members of Congress pay raises.
The court, without comment, rejected arguments that the process, which produced a $12,000 congressional pay raise last year, gives too much power to the President to determine salary levels. The justices also declined to use the case to examine what power members of Congress have to challenge the constitutionality of federal laws. The system for approving congressional pay hikes, established by a 1967 law, was challenged by Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey (R-N.H.) and five Republican House members.
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