For at least 160 million Americans it would be a raise, for most of those, a life altering raise Almost 40 million of us live on less than a quarter of that pay

Okay, but she's not most people. She will 100% make more than her current salary at her next job and it won't be close. Senators are underpaid IMO but that's a separate and unpopular conversation.

Underpaid? Ridiculous is soften unpopular, true Their pay should be tied to the median wage and adjusted annually