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Congress critters whose terms are ending in 2010

This is the list of Congress critters whose terms are ending in 2010. Is one of yours here? If so, and you are not intimately familiar with how they have voted to represent your rights and interests, you can find that information easily enough here. Conversely, if you have a good representative, let them know you will support them in 2010; praise for good work can never be said too much.

State	What	Congress Critter	Party	Status (as of this writing)
AK	Senate	Lisa Murkowski	R
AL	House	Artur Davis	D	To run for Governor of Alabama.
AL	Senate	Richard Shelby	R	Running for reelection
AR	Senate	Blanche Lincoln	D	Running for reelection
AZ	Senate	John McCain	R	Running for reelection
CA	Senate	Barbara Boxer	D	Running for reelection
CO	Senate	Michael Bennet	D	Running for election
CT	Senate	Chris Dodd	D	Running for reelection
DE	Senate	Ted Kaufman	D	Retiring
FL	House	Kendrick Meek	D	To run for the U.S. Senate.
FL	Senate	Mel Martinez	R	Retiring
FL	House	Adam Putnam	R	To run for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.
GA	Senate	Johnny Isakson	R	Running for reelection
HI	Senate	Daniel Inouye	D	Running for reelection
HI	House	Neil Abercrombie	D	To run for Governor of Hawaii.
IA	Senate	Chuck Grassley	R
ID	Senate	Mike Crapo	R
IL	Senate	Roland Burris	D
IN	Senate	Evan Bayh	D
KS	Senate	Sam Brownback	R	Retiring
KS	House	Jerry Moran	R	To run for the U.S. Senate.
KS	House	Todd Tiahrt	R	To run for the U.S. Senate.
KY	Senate	Jim Bunning	R	Running for reelection
LA	Senate	David Vitter	R	Running for reelection
MD	Senate	Barbara Mikulski	D
MI	House	Pete Hoekstra	R	To run for Governor of Michigan.
MO	Senate	Kit Bond	R	Retiring
MO	House	Roy Blunt	R	To run for the U.S. Senate.
NC	Senate	Richard Burr	R
ND	Senate	Byron Dorgan	D
NH	House	Paul Hodes	D	To run for the U.S. Senate.
NH	Senate	Judd Gregg	R	Likely retiring
NV	Senate	Harry Reid	D	Running for reelection
NY	Senate	Chuck Schumer	D
NY	Senate	Kirsten Gillibrand	D
OH	Senate	George Voinovich	R	Retiring
OK	Senate	Tom Coburn	R
OK	House	Mary Fallin	R	To run for Governor of Oklahoma.
OR	Senate	Ron Wyden	D
PA	Senate	Arlen Specter	R	Running for reelection
SC	Senate	Jim DeMint	R
SC	House	Gresham Barrett	R	To run for Governor of South Carolina.
SD	Senate	John Thune	R	Running for reelection
TN	House	Zach Wamp	R	To run for Governor of Tennessee.
UT	Senate	Bob Bennett	R	Running for reelection
VT	Senate	Patrick Leahy	D
WA	Senate	Patty Murray	D
WI	Senate	Russ Feingold	D	Running for reelection

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Salary and Retirement figures for Congress 

 Found at this website:   http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm

Senate Leadership
Majority Party Leader - $193,400
Minority Party Leader - $193,400

A cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) increase takes effect annually unless Congress votes to not accept it.

Benefits Paid to Members of Congress

You may have read that Members of Congress do not pay into Social Security. Well, that's a myth.

Prior to 1984, neither Members of Congress nor any other federal civil service employee paid Social Security taxes. Of course, they were also not eligible to receive Social Security benefits. Members of Congress and other federal employees were instead covered by a separate pension plan called the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). The 1983 amendments to the Social Security Act required federal employees first hired after 1983 to participate in Social Security. These amendments also required all Members of Congress to participate in Social Security as of January 1, 1984, regardless of when they first entered Congress. Because the CSRS was not designed to coordinate with Social Security, Congress directed the development of a new retirement plan for federal workers. The result was the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986.

Members of Congress receive retirement and health benefits under the same plans available to other federal employees. They become vested after five years of full participation.

Members elected since 1984 are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). Those elected prior to 1984 were covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). In 1984 all members were given the option of remaining with CSRS or switching to FERS.

As it is for all other federal employees, congressional retirement is funded through taxes and the participants' contributions. Members of Congress under FERS contribute 1.3 percent of their salary into the FERS retirement plan and pay 6.2 percent of their salary in Social Security taxes.

Members of Congress are not eligible for a pension until they reach the age of 50, but only if they've completed 20 years of service. Members are eligible at any age after completing 25 years of service or after they reach the age of 62. Please also note that Members of Congress have to serve at least 5 years to even receive a pension.  

The amount of a congressperson's pension depends on the years of service and the average of the highest 3 years of his or her salary. By law, the starting amount of a Member's retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of his or her final salary.

According to the Congressional Research Service, 413 retired Members of Congress were receiving federal pensions based fully or in part on their congressional service as of Oct. 1, 2006. Of this number, 290 had retired under CSRS and were receiving an average annual pension of $60,972 totaling $17,681,880. A total of 123 Members had retired with service under both CSRS and FERS or with service under FERS only. Their average annual pension was $35,952 in 2006 totaling $4,422,096.