Q: Did members of Congress approve a salary increase for themselves and deny an increase in Social Security benefits?  A: No. Congress is still contemplating whether to allow an automatic pay increase for its members, and it does not determine cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries. FULL QUESTION Did Congress reject an increase for SSA/SSI of over $300 a month but give themselves a raise recently? Read on Facebook today by several different people. The post Post Misleads on Congressional Salaries, Social Security appeared first on FactCheck.org.