Clinton is getting less pay than Condi for the same job

I think it's a good solution to the problem. Instead of making excuses or trying to find a way around this rule, Clinton will do without the pay raise as if it was never voted on. It's not like she needs the moeny.

I think that this is a good idea, but I don't think that Congress should be able to vote on the pay of ANY person. I believe that this should be voted on by the American people, no one should be able to voted for their own pay raise. Especially someone who is an elected offical, being paid by taxpayers.

I think it's good they are paying attention to the US Constitution instead of just trying to come up with a way around it.

I think Hillary has no problem getting a few thousand dollars less per year than her predecessor in order to be allowed to have the position because of an obscure rule in the Constitution. I'm glad Congress did the right thing and did it quickly and without fanfare so there wouldn't be one more silly controversy keeping anything substantive from getting done. Annie

It's only about a $4,000 difference. Now while that may be a lot to some of us, you need to consider the fact that she's making around $169,000 a year and Bill gets about $300,000 PER SPEECH. Trust me, she won't miss the extra cash. They did the right thing and I'm glad.

Just a note - Clinton DIDN'T vote on any pay raise, and it wasn't approved by Congress. The salary increase was part of an across the board cost of living increase signed and passed by President Bush as an executive order last year. It never went before Congress at all, so none of them voted on it. However, the Constitution says nothing HOW a salary was increased - only that they couldn't take a job for which the salary had been increased during their term in office.