They are paid by the United States government, and their salary is set by the law.
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The U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Personnel Management. They handle all Federal Government wages. The checks are signed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
The representatives and senate are paid by the United States Government, and their salaries are set by law.
All members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are paid in full by the U.S. Treasury, which ultimately gets its money from the tax payers.
there are more representatives than there are senators. senators=100 (2 per state) representatives=435 (depends on census count)
If you are talking about federal congressmen Illinois has 2 senators and 19 representatives. If you are talking about the Illinois state legislature then Illinois has 118 representatives and 59 senators.
The number of senators is in the Constitution: every state has 2 senators.
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