Article 2, Section 1, Clause 7:
"The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
Article 2, section 1, paragraph 5 says the President shall be paid and that his salary shall not change during his term.
Article II section 1 of the US Constitution forbids any changes in the President's salary during his term of office. Congress could raise the salary for the next presidential term.
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The President's salary is set by Congress. However, in order to prevent bribery or threats by Congress against the President, the Constitution provides that any changes to the President's salary cannot take effect until the beginning of the next Presidential term.
The Constitution says Congress can't reduce a federal judge's salary during his or her term of office.Article III, Section I of the US Constitution states, "The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."
The Presidents salary cannot be increased or decreased at any time during his term. This is to ensure that Congress does not use the Presidents salary as a bargaining tool to influence executive decisions. Constitution Article 2 Section1 Clause 7
I believe congress chooses their salary because the value of money changes over time and so if it was just one set salary made by the constitution it would cause the president to make less.
The Constitution states that Article III federal judges' salaries may be not be "diminished," or reduced, during a judge's term of office; his or her salary may be increased, however.
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Regarding the presidential salary, the U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 7 states "The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
The salary of the president is $400,000 a year. The salary of the vice president is $221,100 a year.
Congress must set its own pay.
No. The president does not set anybody's salary. Congress does that.