Members of congress make $174,000 a year. That's pretty good, right? Wait until you hear how much their stipend is for trips to the Capitol. It'll drive you to bring your state into the top 10 territories in the world for alcohol consumption. Assuming it isn't there already. Which it probably is.

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Jesse Jackson dies

Robert Duvall dies

Alcohol consumption per capita

James Van Der Beek GoFundMe controversy

Congressional salary/stipend

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