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Congress' salaries are paid for from the general revenues collected by the federal government. Since the United States only collects revenues (taxes) through various income taxes (including the withholdings for Medicare and Social Security), Congress is in effect paid by taxpayers.
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What is a practical way of congresspersons determining the views of their constituents?
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Who pays the salaries of the representatives and senators?
They are paid by the United States government, and their salary is set by the law.
What does the Twenty-seventh Amendment address?
Congressional salaries
What is meant by country?
If you see "COUNTRY/PAYS" on, for example, a passport, it means "country." "Pays" is the French word for "country."
Which amendment restrained congressional salaries?
The 27th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States became the rule that restrained congressional salaries. Oddly, this was proposed by James Madison in 1789, but it was not finalized until 1992.
What pays congresspersons salaries and amounts are set by law?
The U.S. Government
Who pays congresspersons salaries?
Since government does not produce anything to sell, their pay has to be collected from the people they provide a service to in the form of taxes and fee's. Federal taxes are collected from corporations and individuals in the form of corporate excise tax and individual estate taxes. However, income tax collected on your wages is not one of the taxes that pays for government salaries. This tax goes only to service the debt of the money government has borrowed from the central banks or the Federal Reserve.
Who pays government salaries?
Taxpayers
Which branch pays the salaries?
executive
Who pays the salaries of the National Guard?
the army
What sport pays the highest salaries?
Probably football
Who pays the US Army coaches salaries?
taxpayers
Who pays government employee salaries?
Taxpayer money is used to pay Govt. employee salaries.
Who pays US postal workers salaries?
us taxpayers
When a business pays cash for salaries assets decrease and expenses?
INCREASE
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in 2007 29 congresspersons were accused of abuse 3 were arrested
Who pays teachers salaries?
Usually it is the school committee that bargins with the teacher's union to set the salaries for teachers during a contract period.
