Has Your Candidate Ever Done Anything Like This?

Paul, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, sent a letter to the 12 members of the debt supercommittee asking them consider congressional pay cuts as part of their plan to reduce the federal deficit. "As the Super Committee pursues its mandate to reduce the budget deficit by at least $1.5 trillion, we urge you to include in your final deal significant savings from reductions to Member of Congress compensation," the letter reads. The letter states that a "five percent cut to the $174,000 Member salary would save $50 million over a ten year window, while a ten percent cut would save $100 million."