Wyoming’s U. S. Representative Cynthia Lummis is supporting a bill that calls for a cut in congressional salaries.  The Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act would cut salaries for members of both the House of Representatives and Senate by five-percent.

Lummis says this would be the first pay cut for members of Congress since the Great Depression…(Click to hear comment from Rep. Lummis)

If passed, the bill would institute a five percent pay cut for all senators and representatives starting January 1, 2011. The bill would also block any automatic congressional pay increase for 2012. Lummis has sponsored similar measures in the past.