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.
members of congress are paid $ 174000 annually and haven t enjoyed a pay raise since 2009 staffers are paid considerably less with the average staff assistant on the hill earning roughly $ 35000 per yearembers of congress are paid $ 174000 annually and haven t enjoyed a pay raise since 2009 staffers are paid considerably less with the average staff assistant on the hill earning roughly $ 35000 per year