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...because it would undermine the dignity of their jobs:

"I don't think we should do it; I think we should respect the work we do," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. "I think it's necessary for us to have the dignity of the job that we have rewarded."

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/28334 ... f-the-job-

Well, your Highness, lots of Americans have had to take pay cuts whose dignity I value higher than that of the persons who have betrayed their oaths of office over and over.