The basic member of the Senate or House of Representatives makes roughly $174,000 a year, the special position such as the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate makes $223,500 and the majority of minority leaders in the House and Senate make roughly $193,400 a year. That comes out to be around a total of roughly $94,059,700 a year to pay for a government that does not keep in mind of how their decisions affect the citizens. If both the House of Representatives and the Senate would take a cut of $25,000 per person a year it would save a total of $13,450,000 a year for the government.
Referenced used for facts :
http://www.senate.gov/CRSReports/crs-publish.cfm?pid='*2%404P%5C%5B%3A%2...