Word: payes
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WASHINGTON Speaker of the House Jim Wright caved in yesterday to opponents of a 51 percent congressional pay raise, conceding "the majority has spoken" in demanding a vote that will likely keep senators and representatives from getting any increase...
...raises, recommended by a presidential commission, had been supported by President Bush and by ex-President Ronald W. Reagan. The commission, formed in 1967, meets every four years to recommend pay levels...
...turnaround came after pay raise opponents mustered a 238-88 majority against a House Democratic leadership motion to adjourn...
...chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Rep. Bill Gray (D-Penn.), predicted there would be "no pay raise, no change" in the lawmakers' salary. Gray also said he doubted the House would move to ban speaking fees and other honoraria--a plan favored by Wright in return for the raise...
Gray said members feared a vote to end yesterday's debate and adjourn "was going to be interpreted as a vote on the pay raise." He said any vote to increase lawmakers' salary now would fail. Even "if it's a vote on 4 percent, it ain't going to pass," Gray added...