"McCain loses bid to ditch earmarks; Both parties embrace projects in $410b budget" by Associated Press | March 10, 2009
WASHINGTON - .... The Senate still faces a difficult vote on an amendment by Senator David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, to scrap the current congressional pay system. It gives automatic cost-of-living pay raises to members of Congress unless they act to deny themselves a raise.
Are you effin' kidding me? Maybe the PUBLIC SHOULD VOTE on the RAISES, huh?
"At a time when so many Americans are losing their jobs and struggling to pay their mortgages, these raises just aren't right," Vitter said. "Most Americans don't have a formula at their job that gives them automatic pay raises, and Congress shouldn't either."
Lawmakers now make $174,000 a year, having received a $4,700 raise in January. Vitter's amendment would deny lawmakers the raise they are due next January....
If THEY DON'T WANT the JOB, I'LL TAKE IT, 'kay?
Democrats stand poised to defeat all amendments because they don't want the measure to return to the House for a further vote. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has threatened to scrap the bill in that event....
And YOU thought DemocraPs would be better than Repuglicans, huh?
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