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GOP PA Chair On GOPer’s Retirement: ‘You Don’t Make A Lot Of Money’

In this photo taken Aug. 31, 2009, Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-Pa., takes part in at a town hall meeting on health care reform in Philadelphia. Some veteran House members say it's unrealistic to think that even a freshman cl... In this photo taken Aug. 31, 2009, Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-Pa., takes part in at a town hall meeting on health care reform in Philadelphia. Some veteran House members say it's unrealistic to think that even a freshman class of 87 Republicans, most of whom have tea party backing, can make a significant impact in their first term. "They are raring to go," says Gerlach, but with Democrats controlling the Senate, "we can only do what we can do in the House." "We're going to run a lot of issues up the flagpole and create a lot of national discussion," he added, while acknowledging that may be as far as they get. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) MORE LESS
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January 7, 2014 5:33 p.m.
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One factor contributing to Rep. Jim Gerlach’s (R-PA) decision to retire from the House of Representatives? Money, according to the chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party.

“It’s a tough job,” Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Rob Gleason said in an interview with The Philadelphia Daily News. “You don’t make a lot of money.”

Members of the House make $174,000 per year, according to the Congressional Research Service. To put that in perspective, the 2012 census report found that the median household income in the United States is, adjusted for inflation, $51,017.

Gerlach announced his plans to retire on Monday. In a statement he said that it is “simply time for me to move on to new challenges and to spend more time with my wife and family.”

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