The truth about congressional pay raises
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman
Published on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 at 4:07 p.m.
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U.S. Rep. Connie Mack "voted to raise his own pay several times."
George LeMieux, Thursday, October 27th, 2011.
Ruling: Half-True | Details
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Congressional pay has gone up over the past decade. PolitiFact Florida shows you how.
Recently we checked a claim from Florida U.S. Senate candidate George LeMieux, who accused his Republican primary opponent U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of voting to raise his own pay in Congress.
What we found out was more interesting than we even thought.
Thanks to a 1989 law, members of Congress are subject to automatic annual pay increases. That means members can avoid taking awkward floor votes to raise their own pay.
So just what is LeMieux talking about then?
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Researchers: Amy Sherman
Names in this article: George LeMieux, Connie Mack
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