Posted on 01/13/2012 8:51:22 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's part-time Congress proposal has become the blueprint for a bill Rep. Timothy Johnson, an Illinois Republican, will introduce next week.
The Citizen Legislators Act would limit the days Congress works to five per month, or 60 business days per session.
It also would cut the salaries of representatives and senators in half. But like Perry's plan, Johnson's bill allows members to have jobs outside of Congress. The caveat is that their income cannot be earned as "a result of the privilege of their office, such as speaking tours, lobbying and consulting."
Like Perry, Johnson says he was motivated by "mounting anger over Washington spending and gridlock." He claims his bill could save up to $2 billion a year.
“The Citizen Legislator Act may not be a perfect instrument in the eyes of Washington insiders, but it is a beginning step in righting the ship,” Rep. Johnson said.
Johnson's office says the idea came from Perry's Uproot and Overhaul Washington plan.
The congressman's staff members talked with Perry's policy advisors while drafting the bill and called Perry's campaign Thursday morning to notify them of the press release about their bill.
Perry says he supports the bill. "I believe members of Congress should spend less time in Washington and more time living at home under the laws they pass with the people they represent," Perry said in a written statement.
Both use similar language about Americans being tired of "out-of-touch politicians," who spend time working on unneeded government projects.
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Compare and contrast....
Perry wants to force congress to live within the laws they pass and make their bread and butter in their home districts rather than getting fat on capitol hill.
Obama, has filled his cabinet from top to bottom with Chicago thugs that are all about looting the people by being godfathers and capos.
It’s black and white to me
You mean the congressional people would have to get a real job? I likethat idea.
Correct...they certainly have.
Far as I know, he stands alone in calling for them to go back home and get real jobs, live under the laws they pass and have pay cut in half to reflect their reduced work days.
I had a thought...this might sit well with some, not all, but I like the idea of a “new sheriff in town” theme.
In the old West, a Sheriff free and clear of the good ol’ boy network and the always done it this way mentality and the internal corruption, could come in and clean up a town, where a man from inside the town could not get it done.
Perry stresses this idea of outsider but I like the Sheriff cleaning up the town image. Might as well play your srongest card...what is there to lose?
Of course everyone with a stake in the status quo will fight you...they will put forward any idea except that one, and will put forward any person except that person.
But with their vote, America’s citizens hold the high card.
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I wish people could get past the colloquialisms/stereotypes and hear what Perry is saying.
Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity et al are pissing me of with this notion that Perry is attacking Capitalism.
Funny everyone likes Perry’s ideas but vote for the candidates that will not support those ideas.
Just saw Zero on TV claiming he’s going to get rid of agencies and departments that are redundant.
Guess they are starting to claim the policies that conservs (real) have been yelling about for 3 years.
DO we have SC debates this weekend?
You expect him to win in 2012?
Fox Debate — Monday 9PM EST.
You think Reid wasn't in on the latest?
Thanks.
Really. So true.
This will not be popular with congress critters sitting on their fat butts, which is probably why Rick Perry isn’t getting much support from the establishment.
Someone on another thread cited a new poll showing Rick Perry passing Rick Santorum in SC polling. Has anyone else seen that?
I guess it doesn’t matter if we have debates or not.
People do what they are going to do.
“Perry sucks at debates, Cain is kicking ass in the debates, Newts the MAN!”
Next month Trump will announce that he is the conservative savior and the mush heads will rally round.
With the communication systems available today, why do they need to be in D.C.?
You think they earn their salaries and benefits...and retirement is a real joke! Actually, they shouldn't have a retirement pension from congress.
It would get rid of some of the Robert Byrds being there in comas.
With the communication systems available today, why do they need to be in D.C.?
You think they earn their salaries and benefits...and retirement is a real joke! Actually, they shouldn't have a retirement pension from congress.
It would get rid of some of the Robert Byrds being there in comas.
Me, too. Especially Rush, who I expect better of, but I’m afraid just this once, he has been influenced by his love for a company, i.e. Bain.
You can be pro business which Perry has a proven record on and still anti-corruption within business.
BTW Rush, Trump is the worst thing that could ever come down the conservative pike.
What a poser.
If only Perry could get a bounce in SC and move past Santorum, people will have to take a new look at him and I think he would soar in popularity after that.
Let’s hope that this polling holds up and continues in that direction.
If Perry passes Santorum, it will be between Perry and Newt and, well, there is really no comparison.
Didn’t he just create one? He just created one with Richard Cordray as the leader/chairman!
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