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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (15626)	11/23/1998 10:29:00 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 67261

Finally, an issue all parties in Washington can agree on. We can finally put aside partisanship and work together on a worthy cause. Time for a raise Louisiana Rep. Robert L. Livingston, chosen by Republicans to be the next speaker of the House, says members of Congress deserve a pay raise. "I haven't made up my mind whether I'll push for it, but I think that the members frankly deserve it," Mr. Livingston said yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "One thing I'd like to say about that is that Republican and Democrat alike, members of Congress are hard-working people. I realize they get a bad rap in the media, and at election time, frankly, we're all targets for political reasons. But every single member represents about 600,000 people back home, and they work hard to represent those people. If they don't work hard, they're tossed out, and rightly so." Mr. Livingston noted that members of Congress have not received a cost-of-living raise in the past two years. "I think that, frankly, periodically, it's not unreasonable that they should be entitled to a pay raise," he said. The congressman also said he would favor changing House rules on gifts to match the Senate, which allows members to receive gifts worth $50 or less. The House allows gifts of only nominal value. And what better time? Two whole years until the next election. washtimes.com