Giving Congress a pay raise is politically radioactive. It shouldn´t be
(LA Times Horse Racing)

A plan by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) to engineer a pay raise for members of Congress - whose salaries have been frozen at $174,000 since 2009 - has run aground, at least for now. It´s a reminder that pay increases for elected officials, no matter how modest, are politically radioactive....