Doesn’t belong in a CR. Period. Pass a separate bill. |
I don’t care about the guy’s tax returns. Full stop. If the IRS had a problem with his taxes, they have a mechanism for that. Tax returns for everyone are private. I do care about Congress sneaking in a pay raise for themselves in massive 1500 page bills hoping no one notices. |
You can say with a straight face that because there was valuable cancer research funded, that justified 1500 pages of pork? The days of this sort of emotional blackmail in a CR are coming to an end and good riddance. Pass the cancer research during the year not during an emergency CR. Make Congress do its job outside of an emergency CR, during their standard session - they want a raise don’t they? |
Told you so. |
Such a persuasive response. ![]() |
Negotiated behind closed doors and who had read all 1500 pages? How are you defending this? |
Totally agree. Pay should be based on their home district cost of living. |
Authorized vs allocated/spent. Yes the difference matters. |
Which of course means the government will be paying more money, not less, for Medicare. But the page count went down so the idiots have been appeased! |
Emergency CRs are only necessary because Congress members aren't doing their job. Name five members of Congress that are doing their jobs at a high level on a daily basis? You can't because there aren't five high performing members of Congress. |
And that’s why no one can take his voters seriously. Every president in history releases their taxes to demonstrate no conflict of interest= you don’t care. The Congress published a document available for everyone on the planet to see regarding their pay rates= sneaking. |
It’s pretty clear that PP doesn’t understand the purpose of Presidential candidates releasing tax returns. Just another low-information voter that Trump relies upon. |
They should have a dorm for when they stay in DC. |
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I actually think that their states/districts should have to purchase homes in DC proper, like embassies. They move out when their terms are over. In the meantime, they have a personal stake in DC. |