{"id":1791477,"date":"2022-12-31T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T16:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791477"},"modified":"2022-12-31T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T16:21:00","slug":"pelosi-boosts-max-pay-for-house-staff-to-212k-as-she-exits-speakership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-boosts-max-pay-for-house-staff-to-212k-as-she-exits-speakership\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Increases House Staff&#8217;s Max Pay to $212k as She Resigns Speakership"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosi-boosts-max-pay-for-house-staff-to-212k-as-she-exits-speakership%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791477&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/nancy-pelosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> on Friday issued a new directive raising the maximum rate that lawmakers can pay House staff to $212,100 annually \u2014 $38,000 more than what members of Congress make.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">This comes just a few months after Pelosi issued a directive increasing the maximum salary staff can earn from $199,300 up to $203,700. Pelosi established a minimum salary of $45,000 for House staff at the same time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since there have been no House rules for staffer salaries for decades, this was considered a landmark move. Instead, House office were allowed to negotiate staff pay separately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-quickly-approves-spending-bill-flees-dc-christmas-break\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOUSE QUICKLY APPROVES $1.7T SPENDING BILL, FLEES DC FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/Nancy-Pelosi-Biden-Agenda.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday issued a new directive raising the maximum rate that lawmakers can pay their staff annually to $212,100.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued Friday&#8217;s new directive, which raised the annual maximum rate at which lawmakers can pay their staff to $212,000.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pelosi is expected to give up her position as speaker when the new Republican Congress takes power on Tuesday. The move will help Congress retain high-quality staff who may otherwise be lured into private-sector jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you know, our hard-working, patriotic congressional staffers are integral to the functioning of the House of Representatives,&#8221; Pelosi, D.Calif., sent a letter to the House legislators. &#8220;To that end, we must do all we can to retain and recruit the best talent in our nation \u2014 and to build a congressional workforce that reflects the communities we are honored to serve.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senior staffers will be able to make more than their colleagues who are lawmakers by the new salary cap. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House and Senate<\/a> Annually, lawmakers receive $174,000\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi claimed that the salary hike will bring the maximum salary for housestaffers in line <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden&#8217;s<\/a> administration. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/House-Chamber.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Pelosi said the pay hike brings the maximum salary available for house staffers in line with President Biden&#039;s administration.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Pelosi stated that the increase in pay will bring the maximum salary for house staffers into line with President Biden\u2019s administration.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Issue One&#8217;s report, there was a large pay gap between offices prior to the new minimum-pay rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, some offices, particularly those managed by progressive Democrats have broad-ranging pay structures with interns making as much as $15 an hour. Others, however, paid their junior staff below $30,000 annually.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Issue One concluded that one in eight congressional offices was not paying wages comparable to Washington&#8217;s cost of living. According to the report, approximately 1,200 congressional staffers earn less than $42,610 per year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Haris Alic, a Fox News Digital political reporter covering Congress, is\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday issued a new directive raising the maximum rate that lawmakers can pay House staff to $212,100 annually \u2014 $38,000 more than what members of Congress make.\u00a0 This comes just a few months after Pelosi issued a directive increasing the maximum salary staff can earn from $199,300 up to $203,700. 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