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To: r9etb
My "second clause" would probably correspond to your third: she couldn't stay in the Senate if she accepted the SoS job.

That's a given -- my point is what I believe Byrd is making, that during her tenure, she voted an increase to the SoS salary and therefore is no longer Constitutionally eligible to that post, or any other for which she has voted a salary increase.

52 posted on 11/26/2008 11:01:41 AM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: MozarkDawg
that during her tenure, she voted an increase to the SoS salary and therefore is no longer Constitutionally eligible to that post, or any other for which she has voted a salary increase.

Neither she nor any other senator or congressman voted on the increase. It was done by executive order from President Bush, which I guess he can do because it's the executive branch.

54 posted on 11/26/2008 11:15:52 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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