ELECTIONS, GOOD GOVERNMENT, ETHICS HIGHLIGHTS  THE XXXX RECORD CONGRESSIONAL PAY RAISE XXXXX Received XXXX Pay Raise Since Coming to Congress. Since coming to Congress in XXX XXXXX has seen his pay rise XX percent from XXX in XXX to XXXX in XXXX. [Congress Link, accessed 12/11/06] XXXXX Repeatedly Voted Himself A Pay Raise. Since 1999, XXXXX has voted to give himself a pay raise at least six times. [Vote 406, 10/23/03; Vote 410, 10/23/03; AP, 10/23/03; Washington Post, 7/27/00; Vote 300, 7/15/99, Congressional Quarterly, 7/19/99] XXXX Voted for Amendment That Included Pay Freeze for Federal Employees and Members of Congress. In 2012, XXXX voted for an amendment that would extend energy tax credit programs, excluding the production credit and the stimulus grant program that expired in 2011. Provisions would be partially offset by extending the federal employee pay freeze through 2013. The amendment was rejected by a vote of 41-57. [S.1813, Vote #38, 3/13/12]  HEADLINE – Senate Rejects Plan to Extend Federal Pay Freeze. [Washington Post, 3/13/12] XXXX Supported Attempt to Derail Omnibus by Offering COLA Pay Raise Amendment. In March 2009, XXXX voted against tabling an amendment that would have repealed a law giving lawmakers an automatic pay raise each year. The amendment, sponsored by David Vitter, R-LA, would have threatened clearance of the omnibus spending bill. If it had been adopted, the bill would have needed to return to the House, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had threatened to reject any changes and keep the government operating on a continuing resolution for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. Before the vote on the amendment, Vitter blocked a move by Leader Harry Reid to bring up stand-alone legislation (S 542) to curb automatic congressional pay raises, passage of which would make it possible to cancel automatic pay raises without threatening the future of the omnibus. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., characterized a vote for the Vitter amendment as a vote to preserve automatic pay raises next year. She reasoned that passing the Vitter amendment would doom the omnibus, which includes language canceling next January’s pay raise. Ten Democrats switched sides to vote with Republicans, many of them casting a “no” vote only after it became clear their party had the votes to block the amendment. The amendment was killed, 52-45. [CQ Today, 3/10/09; Vote 95, 3/10/09] 2009: XXXX Voted Against Eliminating A Pay Raise Scheduled To Take Place In 2010. XXXX voted against HR 1105. The bill contained a provision that would remove the automatic pay raise scheduled to take place in 2010. [Vote 96, 3/10/09] 2003: XXXX Twice Voted to Raise His Salary By $3,400. In 2003, XXXX voted to table an amendment offered by Senator Russ Feingold to block members of congress from receiving a 2.2 percent cost of living salary increase during fiscal year 2003. XXXX then voted in favor of the final appropriations bill that included funding for Members of Congress. As a result, pay for members of congress increased from $154,700 to $158,100. [Vote 406, 10/23/03; Vote 410, 10/23/03] 2002: XXXX Opposed Granting Congress a COLA Pay Raise. In 2002, XXXX voted to deny Congress a COLA pay raise. XXXX opposed tabling an amendment that would deny members of Congress a cost of living increase in fiscal 2003. The 3.1 percent pay raise would raise senators and representatives salaries to $154,700 in 86