House Minority Leader Nancy Pelocy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From THE HILL:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she opposes  a cut in congressional pay because it would diminish the dignity of lawmakers’  jobs.

“I don’t  think we should do it; I think we should respect the work we do,” Pelosi told  reporters in the Capitol. “I think it’s necessary for us to have the dignity of  the job that we have rewarded.”

The comments were made in the context of the looming sequester, which would  force across-the-board cuts affecting most federal offices, including Congress.  With lawmakers nowhere near a deal to avert those cuts, federal agencies are  bracing for ways to absorb them with minimum damage to programs and  personnel.

Pelosi, whose husband is a wealthy real-estate developer, was quick to note  that a cut in her own pay would be far less significant than that for both  staffers and less wealthy members of Congress.

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