The rank and file congressmen and senators make $165,200 per year.
Party Leaders make $182,500
The speaker of the house makes $212,000 The rank and file congressmen and senators make $165,200 per year.
Party Leaders make $182,500
The speaker of the house makes $212,000
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Congress cannot decrease the President's salary midway through his or her term. Once the salary is set, it is final.
Congress approves salary raises. The last raise was from $200,000 to $400,000 for Bill Clinton effective 2001. For additional information : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States#Salary
The President's salary is set by Congress. However, in order to prevent bribery or threats by Congress against the President, the Constitution provides that any changes to the President's salary cannot take effect until the beginning of the next Presidential term.
Congress has the power to determine the salaries of representatives.
Congress is made up of the House and Senate which gives them responsibility to debate the president's salary, instead of a single person. That would give a single person too much power.