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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1207570" data-attributes="member: 44954">I feel your frustration... they are overpaid and underworked..... plus  they suck at their jobs.  But congressman are not salaried for life.      According to the Congressional Research Service, 413 retired Members of  Congress were receiving federal pensions based fully or in part on their  congressional service as of Oct. 1, 2006. Of this number, 290 had  retired under CSRS and were receiving an average annual pension of  $60,972. A total of 123 Members had retired with service under both CSRS  and FERS or with service under FERS only. Their average annual pension  was $35,952 in 2006.</blockquote>