Here's the bill I want to see passed: No more pay raises, ever, for members of congress and the executives in the executive branch. If they want a pay raise, they can lower the country's inflation rate to increase their purchasing power.
I understand some economists theorize that small steady inflation is necessary for a healthy economy. If that’s true, Congress shouldn’t be contravening it for their own sake against the greater good of everyone else in the country.
Anyway, like sibling commenter says, their other sources of income probably dwarf government pay.
Their government pay is meaningless to them. They can legally trade on insider information. That's their real paycheck.