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

Tinsldr2 Wrote: Jan 02, 2013 6:19 PM

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/112-2012/h655 Surprising absolutely no one, all but 2 of the votes for a pay raise for Congress were Democrats. Of the 129 no votes on the Bill, 127 were Dems saying they need a pay raise. Chief among those Dems that wanted a pay raise was Nancy Pelosi. The two Republicans voting for the Pay raise were from VA. I saw their names at the link I gave but did not know them.

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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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