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Blackburn: We're Going to Release Names of Congressmen Who Used 'Hush Fund'
Townhall.com ^ | November 30, 2017 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 11/30/2017 10:05:33 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin
First of all are you not aware that Congress consist of two Houses? The Senate is the upper House and the House of Representative, of which she is a member is the lower House.

I'm well aware she serves in the House. Are you saying that she, being a House member, was unaware of the fund because the fund was a Senate-only fund?

Well, that's just not the case. So, why is she just finding out about this fund only now, when other House members knew about it -- and availed themselves of it to the tune of $17 million(!)?

101 posted on 11/30/2017 3:16:35 PM PST by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: RummyChick

Dang, say the name


102 posted on 11/30/2017 3:19:17 PM PST by Persevero (Democrats haven't been this nutty since we freed their slaves.)
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To: Kaslin

If it’s going to take a piece of legislation to get it done, I seriously doubt it will see the light of day. (Although who votes against it may be interesting). No. Better that the list get leaked. I’m not a big fan of leaking, unless it exposes things that have been detrimental to us citizens or our government, but it’s a whole lot quicker and cheaper, and after all, we have a right to know how our taxpayer dollars are spent, and not just numbers on a spreadsheet with a generic heading.


103 posted on 11/30/2017 3:24:01 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: kevao
Who says she didn't know about it? She had a good reason to bring it up, and at least she did.

Have other House members brought it up? If so name them or otherwise sthu

104 posted on 11/30/2017 3:29:28 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: Kaslin

When you think taxpayer funded hush money to the tune of 17 million, that is 17 million dollars worth of tax dollars earned by tax paying citizens.

At 20 dollars an hour that 850,000 hours hard-working taxpayers were required to provide tax monies for in order to pay this bill.

I think it is important to start thinking of tax dollars in hours worked by taxpayers.


105 posted on 11/30/2017 3:31:32 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Kaslin
Who says she didn't know about it? She had a good reason to bring it up, and at least she did.

Have other House members brought it up? If so name them or otherwise sthu

That's the point. The fund's been there since 1997 -- twenty years! And they all knew about it (else how did they spend $17 million from it?)

While I'm glad she's bringing it up know, the point still stands. Why did she not do so earlier? And I'm not singling her out -- why didn't *any* Senator or Rep expose this fraud earlier?

Any congresscritter who did not expose this fraud immediately upon learning about it is corrupt.

106 posted on 11/30/2017 3:37:44 PM PST by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: Rebelbase

Well now, if we are going to bring Stephen Furst into the discussion, this is even more appropriate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWE43m9SL4I


107 posted on 11/30/2017 4:07:44 PM PST by Paul R. (I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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To: Persevero

I don’t want to be sued

***SHE**** is mega rich


108 posted on 11/30/2017 5:17:23 PM PST by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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To: Kaslin

Yes, good idea Ma’am, Open The Files! No State Secrets!


109 posted on 11/30/2017 7:13:45 PM PST by CharleysPride (Vaya Con Dios Eli, great career, man. Ole Miss still sucks, of course.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Hear! Hear!

Marsha for Senate!


110 posted on 11/30/2017 7:18:43 PM PST by CharleysPride (Vaya Con Dios Eli, great career, man. Ole Miss still sucks, of course.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Marsha for the Senate... Thank goodness someone is trying to look out for the women... Maybe this will stop the creeps from even running...

I would vote for her if I lived in the Great State of Tennessee.

We will send her a check to run for Little Short Dog Catcher Corker's position.

BTW, how in the world did a Dog Catcher become a Senator.

111 posted on 11/30/2017 8:10:38 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano
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To: A Navy Vet

Good!

Names and how much taxpayer money they spent covering up their abuse of women.

AND when they’re going to start paying taxpayers back...


112 posted on 12/01/2017 12:16:04 PM PST by GOPJ (https://www.reddit.com/r/StumpSheet/comments/6ec3z1/fake_hate_crimes_official/)
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