Word: diem
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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Congressional salaries are paid on an annual basis whether members sit or not. To assemble an extraordinary session approximately $200,000 would be needed for mileage & travel expenses. Other average per diem costs: Congressional Record, $5.610; printing bills and committee reports, stationery, etc., $6,000; 78 pages at $4, $312; telephone & telegraph, $500; total, $12,422. A three weeks' special session of Congress would thus roughly cost: mileage, $200.000; printing and services, $260,862; total...