I don't care if these wienies get a pay raise, because it means the military will also get theirs, but once, just once,I wish Trent Lott, (or any republican leader), would switch his vote at the very last minute, leaving Daschle, (or any democratic leader), looking very embarrassed.
Some on this thread are all in favor of congress critters getting their regular raises...well and good... but most people think it's unseemly for these already well-paid public servants to be getting raises when so many Americans are going bankrupt, being laid off, or suffering reversals because of the economic down turn.
The Congress Critters of the Night know this, hence the late Friday night vote, when nobody's watching. Most of the time they aren't even in town on Fridays, and most of the time they don't even have scheduled votes after 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Sneaky little congress critters of the night.