Questions - Congressional Pay - April 7-8, 2014
63% Think Members of Congress Are Overpaid
Just 16% Think Most in Congress Pay All Their Taxes
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted April 7-8, 2014
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
U.S. senators and members of the House of Representatives now receive a salary
of $174,000 a year. Is that too much, too little or about right?
2*
Would better people run for Congress if the pay was
better?
3*
Do most people run for Congress for the salary, for the power or because they
want to serve the public?
4*
Should members of Congress take a 25% pay cut until
the federal budget is balanced?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error,
+/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence