During the Senate’s consideration of the most recent Congressional spending orgy — the 1,132-page, $410 billion, nearly 9,000 earmark-infested Omnibus spending bill, Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter forced the Senate to vote to keep their automatic annual pay raises:
He tried to amend the measure with a proposal that few lawmakers would dare to oppose in a recession: canceling the automatic increases in lawmaker salaries, now at $174,000. Using a parliamentary tactic, Vitter forced Reid to schedule a vote on his amendment for a vote.
Unfortunately, the Senate voted 52 to 47 to kill Vitter’s amendment and keep their automatic pay raises.
As I wrote back in 2003, the Congressional automatic stealth pay raise system is just wrong.
Dan, Senate pay raise vote link broken
Xasteius Wednesday, March 11th at 11:36AM EDT (link)What’s with all these R’s voting with the D’s?!
Wicker (MS)
Gregg (NH)
Cochran (MS)
Martinez (FL)
Lugar (IN)
This amendment could have passed with their support!
Don’t leave the party, hijack it back!
Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.
When I grow up, I don’t want to be Reagan. I want to be Art Chance.
~Aaron Gardner
Correction, it would not have been tabled. nt
Xasteius Wednesday, March 11th at 11:36AM EDT (link)Don’t leave the party, hijack it back!
Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.
When I grow up, I don’t want to be Reagan. I want to be Art Chance.
~Aaron Gardner
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Dan Spencer Wednesday, March 11th at 11:54AM EDT (link)Thanks, I fixed it
California Yankee
It shows its really us against them.
Common_Cents Wednesday, March 11th at 12:08PM EDT (link)Yes, Reps are the lesser of two evils but the big battle is all the Elected Elites in Washington against us. That is where the real battle line should be drawn. I want my country back.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” Napoleon - Well, unless he is ruining your country! Common Cents
A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[1] Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships.
2nd Straight Day
zarathustra57 Wednesday, March 11th at 1:45PM EDT (link)The MS Republican Sens voted the wrong way on an economic issue. I’m not sure what’s going on there…any Mississippi residents on the site have any insight into this strange voting pattern by their senators?