the whip's office took a $300,000 cut the first year the majority took over because of differences internally. This will put them, inflation-adjusted, about where they would have been. The minority is actually getting more than the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), but it goes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt).
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