The members of the US Congress, as of January 1, 2008, are paid $169,300 per year. Click on the "Congressional Salaries" link below to read about the history of the salaries of the members of Congress, which started out in 1789 at $6 per day.
the brake down is:
365 days in a year each day they are making $463.84
in a 8hr day they are making $57.98 a hour
it has been 219years they have jumped from $6 a day to $463.84 a day
5,042,000,000 or 5.042 billions
Legislative Bulletin……….September 25, 2009
H.R. 2918 - FY 2010 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, Conference Report, and Continuing Resolution
Based on an article on Huffington Post dated 2/25/2009, the current annual operating budget is $4.4 Billion. That is roughly $8.2 Million per member of congress. Or $3348.55 per second.
$2.65 billion a year
Yes, Congress establishes a yearly budget for the entire Defense Department, each branch has its own annual budget.
There is nothing in the US Constitution that prevents Congress from operating the government in a deficit. Some advocate for a balanced budget amendment to change this.
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The US Congress creates the budget and then submits it for approval to the President.
It's a secret.
The President of the United States is responsible for preparing the budget for the country on an annual basis. The President might ask for advice from Cabinet members when preparing the budget. Congress has to approve the budget each year.
The executive branch makes suggestions on the budget, but Congress has control over it.
The planning of expenditures of the United States Congress must create or come up with a budget. The country's budget proposal comes from the office of the President forwarded to the US Congress.
According to the US Constitution, Congress has "the power of the purse". This means that Congress approves the budget submitted by the President. It's one of the checks and balances built into the Constitution to ensure that one branch doesn't hold too much power.
You how what?! I don't know!
The US Congress.