Congressional Spending
We have been reviewing the proposed 2010 budget that will raise the deficit by nearly $1.5 trillion. It may surprize you where our tax dollars are spent. It may trouble many of you to find that while the Nation suffers, the budget includes large budget increases for Congress. Here are a few highlights.
Senate:
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, [$178,982,000; 2009] $191,239,000; 2010, (Senate employees)
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, [$5,212,000]
$5,304,000. (Extra money for Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell)
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
[$422,000,000; 2009] $458,616,000; 2010 . (Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
2010.) ($4.5 million per Senator just for personnel and office expenses.)
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of
the Senate, [$153,601,000] $161,286,000 (Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2010.) (I would hold the gavel for half that! The Sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the House has to live with only $78 million)
[The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session. The Sergeant can also request the attendance of absent Senators.]
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, [$25,881,000]
$26,171,000, including: Office of the Speaker (Nancy Pelosi and her 257 passenger plane), [$5,077,000; 2009] $5,147,000; 2010,
including [$25,000] $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker.
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN (On-site Congressional Health care does not include their health insurance)
[$2,366,000] $2,426,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff
and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are
payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, [$3,805,000] $3,407,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives. (Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010.)
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Millions more are allocated for committees and special offices. The full Legislative Branch budget can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2011/assets/leg.pdf.





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