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Last Updated on Thursday, 4 December 2008 12:04 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 4 December 2008 12:04
From Public Opinion Online:
Senate Republican leaders announced Wednesday they will pay back a cost-of-living raise they received this week.Pay for lawmakers and other top officials increased by 2.8 percent this month because of a 1995 law that gives them annual raises based on the regional consumer price index.
But with a crippled economy and a massive state budget deficit expected next year, House Democratic leaders announced late Tuesday they would pay back their raise, and Senate Republican leaders followed suit on Wednesday. Gov. Ed Rendell has pegged the budget hole at $1 to $2 billion.