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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on November 08, 2013, 08:43:06 AM
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Promise breakers: Congressional lawmakers shirk shutdown pledge, keep paychecks
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/7/shutdown-letdown-lawmakers-renege-on-pay-pledge-ke/
Nearly half of Congress promised to share federal workers’ pain during the partial government shutdown by forsaking pay — but now that the shutdown is over and employees got paid, many lawmakers say they deserve their own checks.
Some of the lawmakers said their vow to forgo pay was good only for as long as the shutdown lasted. When the shutdown ended after 16 days, they said, they had done their jobs and were entitled to their money.
Others among the nearly 250 who forsook their salaries said congressional approval of back pay for all federal workers, including the hundreds of thousands who were furloughed, meant lawmakers should be paid, too.
Politicians should not be paid for one year.
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Since they are seldom in their appointed seats, No, just pay them for actual "seat time" in the House and senate.