Taxpayers Pay Senate Chaplain and Staff Amid Broader Spending Rise
One of the highest-paid officials in the U.S. Senate last year was the chamber’s chaplain, whose daily prayers are funded by taxpayers — part of a wider increase in spending that included millions for other controversial positions.
The Senate’s chaplain, who opens each day with a prayer, ranked among the chamber’s top-paid officials last year, with taxpayers covering his salary and those of his staff. Those payments are tied to a broader uptick in congressional spending that directed millions toward other positions critics call questionable.