All you have to pay is your first year's congressional salary.
In addition to his Congressional salary, he reported earning $20,000 from the church.
Even the Senator is resigned to having to live off of only his congressional salary from now on.
The proposal would raise Congressional salaries to $89,500 a year, from $77,400.
Over the last 20 years, the purchasing power of Congressional salaries has declined more than 30 percent.
Currently, members can earn up to 30 percent of their Congressional salary in outside income.
Another Coffman bill would cut congressional salaries by 10 percent.
"I could not make ends meet" on his Congressional salary, then $12,500 a year, he once told an interviewer.
Some mandatory spending, such as Congressional salaries, is not part of any entitlement program.
The national minimum wage and Congressional salaries ought to be linked.