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Virginia Democratic Rep. James Moran thinks members of Congress arent getting paid enough.
Moran and his colleagues make $174,000 a year, but he says thats not enough money to live comfortably in the nations capital.
Our pay has been frozen for three years and were planning on freezing it a fourth year.
A lot of members cant even afford to live decently in Washington, Moran told CQ Roll Call.
Moran is looking to do something about it. He plans to introduce an amendment to raise members salary to an unspecified figure, according to the report. Hes not optimistic the bill will go anywhere this is wholly quixotic, he told the paper but he hopes it will highlight what he sees as a hardship for elected officials.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/congress-underpaid-moran