Seven Republican congress members introduced a bill (H.R. 3127) that would prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased members of Congress.
The U.S. government now pays a full year’s salary to the family of a member of Congress who dies while in office, a death gratuity created decades ago that was intended to serve as a form of life insurance.
But its existence today is more difficult to justify, particularly when every other American purchases their own life insurance, according to Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.), the bill’s sponsor. Posey said the issue concerns the proper use of taxpayer resources and restoring the legislative branch to a position of trust in the public eye.
“I believe Members of Congress should do what other Americans do, purchase their own life insurance.” said Posey in a statement. “And wi
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