A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a group of current and former congressional lawmakers are not barred from recovering damages in a case over whether members of Congress are owed back pay for years of suppressed cost-of-living increases. The lawmakers’ legal team has argued that Congress and the president have violated the 27th Amendment with […]
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Pay has been frozen for lawmakers since 2009
Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a press conference on Monday, March 2, 2026. Hoyer is part of a group of former and current lawmakers who have sued over laws that repeatedly blocked the annual cost-of-living adjustments to lawmaker salaries set out in a 1989 law.
Posted May 21, 2026 at 2:05pm
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