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Pelosi Sneaks In Final Demands, Raises Maximum Pay For House Staffers To $212K

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Outgoing Speaker Of The House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), on Friday snuck in a final demand in her final days as Speaker and ordered that the maximum cap on the rate of pay for staffers in the lower chamber be raised to a whopping $212,000 per year.

The pay rise puts the maximum salary for House aides at $38,000 more than what lawmakers on Capitol Hill make themselves.

“As you know, our hard-working, patriotic Congressional staffers are integral to the functioning of the House of Representatives: ensuring this institution can effectively carry out our legislative and constituent responsibilities,” Pelosi said in a letter to her congressional colleagues.

“To that end, we must do all we can to retain and recruit the best talent in our nation — and to build a Congressional workforce that reflects the communities we are honored to serve,” she added.

According to the NY Post, in 2021, Pelosi raised the maximum salary for House staff to $199,300. The salary cap was raised again in May to $203,700, at which point the speaker also instituted a minimum salary of $45,000 for staffers.

Rank-and-file members of Congress make $174,000 a year. Members of congressional leadership make slightly more, with Pelosi earning $223,500 per year as speaker of the House.

The pay rise in the salary cap for staff may be one of Pelosi’s final acts as Speaker Of The House, before handing over the speaker’s gavel on Tuesday when the new Republican-majority House convenes.

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