Altmire Proposes Cutting Presidents’ Allowances

Congressman Jason Altmire (D-PA) along with Congressmen Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Trey Gowdy (R-SC), proposed legislation this week to standardize allowances received by former Presidents. Dubbed the “Presidential Allowance Modernization Act” (H.R. 4093), the legislation would grant a guaranteed $200,000 annual pension to each former president, and provide an additional $200,000 annual allowance for “all…