AWOL status, or other dishonorable status while on active military service is not eligible for Differential Pay. PERF means the Public Employees' Retirement Fund. SPD means the State Personnel Department. State Pay means the employee's current wages. TRF means the Teachers' Retirement Fund.
And while Americans' median wealth is down 43% since 2007, Congress members' net worth has jumped 28%. (Some of the lawmakers in Congress change from year to year. Congress also has some uber-wealthy members. Representative Darrell Issa once again topped the charts with a net worth of $448.4 million in 2013.
Majority of Congress members now millionaires. by James O'Toole @jtotoole January 10, 2014: 11:28 AM ET. The 1% are well-represented on Capitol Hill. For the first time ever, more than half of current members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new report from the non-profit Center for Responsive Politics. Among the 534 current members of Congress, at least 268 had an average net worth of $1 million or more for 2012, the CRP said, citing disclosure forms filed last year. A year ago, the total stood at 257 members, or about 48%.