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Brown votes to give himself a $3,300 pay raise
U.S. Rep. Henry Brown, R-S.C., was one of 240 members of Congress who voted Thursday to give themselves a 2.2 percent pay raise. If approved by the Senate and president, Brown will be paid $158,000 in 2004.
Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson of Utah criticized the cost-of-living pay raise vote:
"We are fighting terrorism on numerous fronts and our economy is in serious trouble, unemployment is at record high levels and our future budget deficits are predicted to be the highest in the history of this great nation," Matheson told the Associated Press. "Now is not the time for members of Congress to be voting themselves a pay raise."
South Carolina lawmakers who voted against the pay raise were U.S. Reps. John Spratt (D) and Gresham Barrett (R).
Brown votes to give himself a $3,300 pay raise
U.S. Rep. Henry Brown, R-S.C., was one of 240 members of Congress who voted Thursday to give themselves a 2.2 percent pay raise. If approved by the Senate and president, Brown will be paid $158,000 in 2004.
Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson of Utah criticized the cost-of-living pay raise vote:
"We are fighting terrorism on numerous fronts and our economy is in serious trouble, unemployment is at record high levels and our future budget deficits are predicted to be the highest in the history of this great nation," Matheson told the Associated Press. "Now is not the time for members of Congress to be voting themselves a pay raise."
South Carolina lawmakers who voted against the pay raise were U.S. Reps. John Spratt (D) and Gresham Barrett (R).
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