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Congressional Reform Act of 2015- 2016

Created by J.H. on May 14, 2015

1. No Tenure / No Pension. Congress collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office.
2. Congress (past, present, & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds go into the Social Security system and it may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all law
7. All contracts with Congress are are void effective 12/1/15

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