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The last pay raise for Congress was in 2009 bringing the minimum pay to $174,000 per year. Committee leaders earn more.

A yearly automatic pay raise was voted into law in 1989. Congress blocked the pay raise for 2010 and 2011.

Source: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/02/18/1548259/murray-requests-end-to-automatic.html

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The last pay raise for members of Congress was approved in 2009, which went into effect in 2010. Since then, there have been no further pay raises for members of Congress.

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