GOP FEARS PAY RAISE WILL COST BIG IN VOTES.(GENERAL NEWS)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  June 14, 1997 ;     700+ words ......after the GOP-led state House approves a pay raise for legislators. ---------------- There...1998 elections would receive a 4 percent pay raise, costing taxpayers about $443,000 more...week, Senate Republicans denounced the pay raise and joined Democrats in rejecting the...

EDITORIAL: Payback for the Pay Raise: Remember those who grabbed the...

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  May 12, 2006 ;     662 words ......legislators responsible for last year's pay-raise fiasco. The controversy prompted many...the kind of arrogance that led to the pay raise. A total of 57 legislators from the Philadelphia...guilty of bad judgment in voting for the pay raise, enacted at 2 a.m. on July 7 without...

Perzel rescinds pay raise comments

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  June 20, 2006 ;     302 words ......days after defending the legislative pay raise by saying Philadelphia tattoo artists...reversed course and said the now- repealed pay raise was wrong. But Perzel stopped short of...to defend the 16 percent to 54 percent pay raise included comparing lawmakers' salaries...

Feingold seeks to thwart pay raise; 3.4%: The raise is scheduled to take...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 12, 2001 ;     396 words ......Feingold is seeking to block a 3.4 percent pay raise for members of Congress that would otherwise...during his Senate term. Foregoing the pay raise now, Feingold said, would be a "symbolic...time to give ourselves an almost $5,000 pay raise." "Not because we're aren't working hard...

CONGRESS' BACKDOOR PAY RAISE SYSTEM MUST END.(EDITORIAL)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  November 23, 2002 ;     672 words ......an automatic 3.1 percent congressional pay raise. Following is the senator's statement...It would eliminate the roughly $5,000 pay raise scheduled to go into effect next January...national priorities. Mr. President, a pay raise of nearly $5,000 for members is not a...

HOUSE CLEARS WAY FOR PAY RAISE MANEUVER OPENS DOOR TO $3,000 HIKE.(NEWS)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  September 18, 1997 ;     431 words ......effectively gave themselves a $3,000 pay raise Wednesday in a classic bit of parliamentary...among other things, voting themselves a pay raise. Under current law, senators and House members automatically receive an annual pay raise that is just slightly less than the cost...

Legislative pay raise foes explore their options.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA);  August 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ......opponent of the Legislature's 16 percent pay raise admits the odds are long against it being...two pieces of legislation, to fight the pay raise that state legislators approved for themselves...call it tomato soup -- but it's still a pay raise, he said. This action flies in the ...

Legislative pay raise may be in offing Lame-duck session could attach hike...

The Boston Globe;  November 5, 1994 ;     598 words ......to vote themselves a $10,000 or more pay raise when they come back in session later...Committee to give judges a 19 percent pay raise. That bill is seen as the likely vehicle...leaders willing to discuss a legislative pay raise on the record was Senate Republican Leader...

The pay raise: It's not a dead issue, yet

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  March 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ...HARRISBURG The pay raise of 2005 never dies. Pennsylvania judges...salaries and benefits" was, of course, the pay raise bill of 2005. Court officials said...budget was due to the now-repealed pay raise and its related costs. Castille also...

Pay raise payoff in hands of voters now.

Erie Times-News (Erie, PA);  May 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......road signs tell motorists: Remember the pay raise. Newspaper editorials across the state...pink pig, a Harrisburg symbol of the pay-raise protests, stopped in Erie. In words and...this spring -- the middle-of-the-night pay raise that state lawmakers voted for themselves...

Gov. Underwood seeks a pay raise

Charleston Gazette;  January 19, 1999 ;     321 words ...Gov. Cecil Underwood will propose a pay raise for the governor and several agency directors...Senate Democrats support a proposed $3,000 pay raise for legislators, said Senate President...spokesman Dan Page did not know how much of a pay raise Underwood will seek. The governor makes...

TALKING A PAY RAISE TO DEATH

The Boston Globe;  February 8, 1989 ;     324 words ......mobilizing opposition to the congressional pay raise, one of Boston's talk-show hosts is touting...doubt that over the past few weeks the pay raise has pushed most of the usual talk-radio...have to do is go on the air and say 'pay raise,' " said a Los Angeles talk-show host...

OPPONENTS OF LEGISLATIVE PAY RAISE FILE PETITIONS FOR VOTE ON REPEAL

The Boston Globe;  August 21, 1987 ;     567 words ...Opponents of the recent pay raise for state legislators and constitutional officers...bags full of petitions demanding repeal of the pay raise to the secretary of state. The Coalition for Pay Raise Repeal filed a total of 99,142 certified signatures...

Senate votes itself a $4,900 pay raise

Human Events;  December 17, 2001 ;     684 words ......voted, in effect, to give itself a $4,900 pay raise. Current law automatically gives senators...Mont.), sponsored a measure blocking the pay raise as an amendment to the Defense appropriations...critical national priorities. A $4,900 pay raise for members is not a critical national...

Council near pay raise deadline // Plan for cost-of-living hikes floated

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 23, 1998 ;     373 words ......are serious about voting themselves a pay raise, they'll have to do it next week or hold...elected officials now must confront the pay raise issue at least 180 days before the start...called for a graduated, 22.9 percent pay raise over four years - from $75,000 to $92...