It's a secret.
Congress votes on their own salaries
Currently salaries are set by the 1989 Ethics Reform Act, which provides an annual salary adjustment for both White House executives and members of the senate and the House of representatives. Although judges salaries are authorized separately.
No- the President has no say whatsoever concerning Congressional salaries. Congress controls the purse-strings of the nation and sets all the salaries that are paid from the US treasury.
The US Congress sets all federal salaries including the President. (It can not reduce salaries of people already in office .)
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US senators make between 180,000 and 200,000 dollars a year. There are also many other benefits and rewards available to them.
Yes. Article III of the Constitution mandated creation of a Supreme Court, but allowed Congress authority to determine details such as the number of justices, the duration and timing of the Court's annual Terms, salaries, its appellate jurisdiction, etc.
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State of the Union Address
Congress is paid by the government, which means that taxpayers ultimately cover the salaries and expenses of Congress members. Their salaries and benefits are determined by legislation and are public record.
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