DC Insider Alert, no deal and sending back a message to Obama, keep your pay increase House just passed a Pay Freeze.
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Eric Cantor just notified me that the house will either not vote on the Fiscal Cliff bill without Spending Cut modifications or it will not pass.
And just to make sure Obama has an idea of how serious they are, they passed a Pay Freeze for Congress in a 287-129 vote.
Democrats have made it clear it's over the cliff we go. They knew the minute they sent the autocratic bill to the House it was dead in the water.
And just to make sure Obama has an idea of how serious they are, they passed a Pay Freeze for Congress in a 287-129 vote.
Democrats have made it clear it's over the cliff we go. They knew the minute they sent the autocratic bill to the House it was dead in the water.
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Mrs. maggot 2013/01/02 00:15:41Thanks but No thanks Obama
President Barack Obama made waves last Friday when — amid a fierce fiscal cliff debate — he signed an executive order ending the pay freeze on certain federal workers. Beneficiaries to see a pay boost included Vice President Joe Biden and members of Congress.
Though the raises were relatively modest (at least for a government that runs trillion-dollar deficits)– about $900/year for members of Congress and $6,000/year for Biden– the Weekly Standard writes that the executive order would cost the taxpayer roughly $11 billion over the next ten years.
On Tuesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation blocking the pay raise.
“Unbelievably, in the middle of talks this week on tax rates and sequestration revision, in the midst of high deficits and a growing national debt, the president has proposed pay increases for members of Congress,” Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) summarized. “I have to say that nobody in this town saw this coming, and very few think it is warranted.”
The measure received immense bipartisan support, passing 287-129, with 55 Democrats voting with Republicans against the president’s proposal.
Though the raises were relatively modest (at least for a government that runs trillion-dollar deficits)– about $900/year for members of Congress and $6,000/year for Biden– the Weekly Standard writes that the executive order would cost the taxpayer roughly $11 billion over the next ten years.
On Tuesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation blocking the pay raise.
“Unbelievably, in the middle of talks this week on tax rates and sequestration revision, in the midst of high deficits and a growing national debt, the president has proposed pay increases for members of Congress,” Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) summarized. “I have to say that nobody in this town saw this coming, and very few think it is warranted.”
The measure received immense bipartisan support, passing 287-129, with 55 Democrats voting with Republicans against the president’s proposal.
Bcounted
neither side is worth sh*t !
LMAO