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House Passes Congressional Pay Freeze, 129 Members Vote for Pay Increase

puravida_gringo Wrote: Jan 02, 2013 12:19 PM

So, a former Republican governor who CUT SPENDING, never raised taxes, and had a balanced budget is now an idiot! Wow, what do you support, more of the same from both parties??? You are being played. My Republican Congressman, Rob Wittman, here in Virginia voted for H.R. 6726, and he is supposed to be a Conservative. He voted FOR the pay increases! Who can you trust???? Not the GOP or the DEMS!!! Don't tell me I should vote for liars on both sides. I'm sick of this s h i t!!!!

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House Passes Congressional Pay Freeze, 129 Members Vote for Pay Increase

The House approved a bill to rescind the executive order President Obama signed last week that ended the pay freeze on federal employees, which meant that some federal workers would be getting a raise—including members of Congress. A number of lawmakers spoke out about the absurdity of the pay increase and timing of the move. Rep. Michele Bachmann said in a statement, “This executive order was not requested by Congress and we should reject it. We have a spending problem in our country and we should be looking for areas to cut spending. At a time when families...

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