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Comparing presidential vacation costs by year is difficult because comprehensive, year-by-year taxpayer bills are not publicly compiled in a single source; reporting and watchdog groups offer partial ...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s announced resignation effective Jan. 5, 2026, gives her just over five years of House service — the minimum vesting threshold under the Federal Employees Retirement Syste...
A Member of Congress with exactly five years of service becomes vested in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and is eligible for a deferred, full pension beginning at age 62; the basic FER...
Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will resign from the House effective January 5, 2026, a date that several outlets say places her just past the five‑year service threshold required to vest in the ...
The District of Columbia emerges as the single highest federal-tax payer per person in 2024 when measured by federal income taxes and related per-capita metrics reported by tax researchers and advocac...
No single provided source lists “top ten states that pay the most taxes to Washington, D.C.” Available reporting shows comparisons of state and DC tax rates, per‑capita tax collections, and which juri...
Members of Congress become vested in a federal pension after five years of service and can receive an immediate, unreduced annuity under Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) at age 62 with at le...
In tax year 2022 the top 1% of U.S. taxpayers paid an average federal income‑tax rate of about 26.1% and contributed roughly 40% of total federal individual income‑tax revenue (about $864 billion), wh...
Congressional pensions are calculated from a member’s high‑3 average salary, years of service, and an accrual rate that depends on which retirement system and hire date apply; for most modern members ...
Yes — U.S. senators do pay federal (and state) income taxes on their salaries; congressional pay is set by law and treated as taxable income under the Internal Revenue Code, and special rules and limi...
Members of Congress can receive both a congressional pension and Social Security benefits, but the interaction depends on which federal retirement system they were under and on changes to Social Secur...
Presidential travel is expensive and poorly transparent: independent analyses put Air Force One operating at roughly $142,000–$200,000 per flight hour and single domestic presidential outings often co...
Federal law already provides narrow routes to deny or strip congressional pensions for misconduct: statutes added by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA) and amended by the STOCK Act ...
Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will resign from the U.S. House of Representatives effective January 5, 2026, a move she tied publicly to a very public falling-out with Donald Trump and to a desi...
The Biden-era expansions to ACA premium tax credits (first under ARPA and extended by later laws) produced the largest dollar and enrollment gains for low-income marketplace enrollees while also meani...
No authoritative figure for “the share of federal income tax revenue paid by the top 0.01%” appears in the reporting provided; the available sources give clear data for broader slices—the top 1% paid ...
Members of Congress are legally guaranteed pay and, unlike most federal workers in a shutdown, can choose to keep, donate, or have their pay withheld — and many have publicly donated or refused pay as...
Top earners paid far more than their share of income in federal income taxes in 2022: the top 1% paid roughly 40% of federal income tax receipts while earning about 20–22% of adjusted gross income (AG...
Estimates show President Trump’s 2025 golf travel and security has already run into the tens of millions of taxpayer dollars — HuffPost-derived tallies cited by multiple outlets put 2025 costs at roug...
Marjorie Taylor Greene will have completed just over five years of House service when her resignation takes effect—she was sworn in Jan. 3, 2021, and is leaving Jan. 5, 2026—meeting the five‑year vest...