While this is true, I'm sure there are a lot of costs that eat that up pretty quickly. For example, you have to essentially have two places of residence, one in

While this is true, I'm sure there are a lot of costs that eat that up pretty quickly. For example, you have to essentially have two places of residence, one in your constituency and one in DC. There are costs for family, travel, and other expenses that are personal and can't (or shouldn't) be charge through the government. I don't fully understand what they can and can't charge, but that gets chewed up pretty quickly if you break it down.