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It may have only been his first day in Congress, but U.S. Rep. Harry Teague signed on as a co-sponsor to a piece of legislation on Tuesday — albeit one that seems relatively safe politically.
The Teague office announced in a press release that the freshman Democrat supports eliminating the 2010 congressional pay raise. In 1989, Congress voted to give congressional pay raises every year unless Congress specifically voted against doing so.
“The country’s economy is hurting right now and my constituents are counting on me to do the right thing,” Teague said the statement. “Nearly two million Americans lost their jobs this past year. Congress giving itself an automatic pay raise at a time like this is just plain wrong. I’d much rather see us giving middle-class Americans a tax cut — that would help them and help the economy.”
The statement claims that the co-sponsorship of 63 members of Congress from both parties “signals the strongest demonstration of Congressional support to block the automatic pay hike in recent years.”
Each member of Congress is scheduled to receive a $4,700 salary increase this January.
The legislation is sponsored by Harry Mitchell, an Arizona Democrat.
