Democrat? What about the alleged Republicans doing it?
Sorry - republicans or RINOs as well.
We need a new party called the constitutionalists!
Term limits and no life pension for their service.
And this practice must stop as well:
The Senate handbook says that upon the death of a senator who had been serving in office, “in the next appropriations bill, an item will be inserted for a gratuity to be paid to the widow(er) or other next- of-kin, in the amount of one-year’s compensation.”
As a result, the bill calls for “equal shares” of the late senator Robert C. Byrd - $193,400 salary to be split between Byrd’s seven children and grandchildren.
The practice has been long followed by both parties and in both chambers, including in 2007 when the widows of Sen. Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio) each received $165,200 for the salary that the two men would have received. Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Edward M. Kennedy, the late a Senator from Massachussetts, received $174,000.
I just can’t imagine why we are broke!
I wish I never received this e-mail tonight. I was in a bad mood already, and now I just can’t stop myself! hahaha - bedtime! :)
Rick Perry’s run @ the Presidency was cut off at the knees by his Pro Illegal Immigration stupidity. Perry should be another ‘leader’ who faces a jury for treason!
Rick Perry’s run @ the Presidency was cut off at the knees by his Pro Illegal Immigration stupidity. Perry should be another ‘leader’ who faces a jury for treason!