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.
Salary. As of 2012, the base salary for all members of the U.S. House and Senate is $174,000 per year, plus benefits. That base salary is lower than that of many lawyers, doctors and business people in the United States. Both houses of Congress have not raised member salaries since 2009.n top of their base salaries, congressional members can earn a certain amount of outside income for gainful activities, such as performing work for businesses they own. But they cannot earn more than an amount equal to 15 percent of their annual rate of congressional base pay.