Congress Is Now Mostly A Millionaires’ Club

[Shoulders of Giants]

3. It would cover their costs of living if they were willing to live with the "little people."

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/search/apa?catAbb=apa&query=&zoomToPosting=&minAsk=500&maxAsk=1000&bedrooms=&housing_type=


Plenty of places where rent is under $1000 a month. Keep in mind, they don't need to move their family to Washington DC, so a 1 room apartment is good enough. I've lived in much worse place than the ones at that link. With utilities, that would be about an extra $20,000 a year at most. That leaves them with about $150,000 a year left over for their main home in their districts.