-An annual salary of $158,000 for U.S. Senate & U.S. House of Representative

-The Vice President, top leaders in the House and Senate and the chief justice receive $198,600. Associate justices of the Supreme Court get $190,100 and the House majority and minority leaders receive $171,900.

-President Bush makes $400,000 in salary a year.

-Free life insurance and a generous retirement plan

-Free office space in Washington and in the home district

-A staff allowance of $752, 400 for each House member and from $400,00 to 2.4 million depending on the population of his or her state and its distance from the Capitol for each senator. Plus more for committee aids.

-An expense account for telephone, stationery, and other office costs

-Thirty-two fully reimbursed round trips home a year

-Travel allowance and free travel to foreign lands on Congressional inquires

-Nearly unlimited franking privileges

-Access to free Congressionally owned and operated video and film studios to record messages for constituents.

-Discounts in Capitol Hill tax-free shops and restaurants (the bean soup is $1.40 a cup in the Senate Dining Room )

-$10 haircuts at the Congressional barbershop

-Free reserved parking at Washington National Airport

-Use of the House gym or Senate baths for $100 a year

-Free fresh cut flowers from the Botanic Gardens

-Free assistance in the preparation of income taxes