Cardiac Cycle: 1st Systole Phase. During the systole phase, the right ventricle receives impulses from the Purkinje fibers and contracts. The atrioventricular valves close and the semilunar valves open. The de-oxygenated blood is pumped into the pulmonary artery.
Congressional Salaries. As of 2012, the annual salary for any congressman, from first-term representatives to the most senior members -- except those holding leadership positions -- was set at $174,000. This was the compensation level set as of January 1, 2009, and frozen by law in the intervening years.
First, letâs look at the 10 members of Congress by average salary for their staff members, who commit all or most of their personnel allowance into exactly that, their personnel. A glance at the numbers above shows that salaries for congressional staffers are not always in the common $30,000 to $50,000 range.