81% Think Congress should take big pay cut until Budget is balanced
From Rasmussen Reports Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Voters overwhelmingly believe members of Congress should take a pay cut until the federal budget is balanced, and a plurality thinks the president should do the same.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 81% of Likely U.S. Voters feel members of Congress should take a 25% pay cut until the federal budget is balanced. Only 12% disagree.
The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 19-20, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
Questions – Presidential and Congressional Paycuts – January 19-20, 2013
National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters Conducted January 19-20, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Should the President of the United States take a 50% pay cut until the federal budget is balanced?
2* Should members of Congress take a 25% pay cut until the Federal Budget is balanced?
3* Should members of Congress receive a government pension when they leave office?
4* Should the president receive a government pension of nearly $200,000 per year when he leaves office?
5* When they leave office, should members of Congress be banned from lobbying for five years?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
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