Mar 18, 2011 ... The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3  months & 8 days to be ratified! ... Once upon a time that wasn't true, but members  of Congress were brought under Social Security way back in 1984. ... Congress  denied itself any pay raise in 2010 and in 2011, as we've reported.
PolitiFact National on Thursday, March 11th, 2010. Mostly False. A nugget of truth  that misstates key details. Chain email · Members of Congress passed a pay  raise for themselves of $10,000 over two years even as they voted not to raise  Social Security benefits for 2010 and 2011. — PolitiFact National on Friday,  January ...
A related provision, the Government Pension Offset ( GPO ), reduces Social  Security benefits paid to spouses or survivors when the spouse or survivor  earned a pension from a government job that was not covered by Social Security.  The GPO reduction is equal to two-thirds of the amount of the pension payment  from ...
The United States federal earned income tax credit or earned income credit ( EITC or EIC) is a refundable tax credit for low- to moderate-income working  individuals and couples, particularly those with children. The amount of EITC  benefit depends on a recipient's income and number of children. For a person or  couple to ...
For Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011, the Congress appropriate $810 million for the  two programs. For FY ... The nation's professional fire fighters have long valued  access to quality health care, and have been willing to trade off pay raises and  other benefits in order to ensure health coverage for themselves and their  families.
Members of Congress passed a pay raise for themselves of $10,000 over two years even as they voted not to raise Social Security benefits for 2010 and 2011.