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Puke. Our elected officials make me puke.

The state Senate last week passed a resolution backing the protests, though the Assembly did not vote on it.

Both houses usually have a floor session on Mondays, but leaders instead scheduled a "check-in session" today. That allows members to get a $153 per diem payment for setting foot in the Capitol but doesn't require them to attend a scheduled floor meeting - and allows some to go to protests instead.

Puke. Our elected officials make me puke.

FMCDH(BITS)

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"If legislators spend a day with thousands of constituents talking about an issue pending in the Legislature, they ought to get paid to do it," said Steve Maviglio, a Núñez spokesman.

Illegal aliens are NOT your "constituents," Fabian!