WASHINGTON—House Democratic leaders are apparently supporting a low-key move to give a $4,500 cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) to senators and representatives, but Rep. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa) announced a bill on June 5 that bars fatter paychecks until Congress reduces the federal deficit to zero.
In addition to preventing higher pay, the freshman representative’s “Clean Up Congress Act” would also require congressmen on official business to fly at the lowest available commercial rate, and permanently bans departing members from becoming lobbyists.
