Word: effected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House and Senate. The whole pay package -- including a 51% raise, to an annual $135,000, for members of Congress -- will cost $300 million in its first year. Even as the Bush Administration begins its uphill struggle to slash the deficit, the new pay raises will go into effect without serious congressional scrutiny or a meaningful vote...
...that the House would save the day. After Representatives denounced the raises in furious speeches, the House also rejected pay raises in a voice vote. There was only one hitch: the debate took place after the 30-day waiting period had expired and the raises had already gone into effect...
...Capitol Hill. House members are allowed to pocket up to $26,850 in honorariums annually; Senators can keep $35,800. Last year Representatives took in an average of $12,000 in honorariums; for Senators, the median was $23,000. Skeptics warn that once the pay raise goes into effect, the pressure on Congress to do away with honorariums will inevitably tail...
...bullishness? The economy's proven resilience is one reason, but many investors simply cite the bandwagon effect: no one wants to miss out on a good rally. Even some small investors, who have generally avoided the market since the crash, have joined the fresh stampede...
...multiple explosion, though, it could be a "quite different physical situation," Kirshner says. If the explosions happen "together in space and time, the net effect could be larger," he says...