[VA Advogado]

I'd rather they just take the money and stay at home about 11 and 1/2 months a year. Anything they need to do actually mandated by the US Consittution could be handled in less than two weeks. No one is safe when these fools are in session doing the "peoples business".

I would agree with that. I dont deny they're all trouble for us. But the reality is they are there and a cost of living increase is not the big deal most of the skulls full of mush here make it out to be.

[Bad~Rodeo]

most of th e skulls full of mush here make it out to be.

Really showing your Liberalism side bro.

[Major Matt Mason]

...a cost of living increase is not the big deal most of the skulls full of mush here make it out to be.

OK, genius, if the raise isn't a big deal, why did this vote take place late on a Friday night, when the Senate isn't normally in session? And why was there only 5 minutes of debate on the subject? If they thought they were going to receives bouquets from the masses, why didn't they hold this vote first thing Monday morning?

This is simply further proof that these guys are out of touch with reality. To take any sort of pay raise at a time when many people are losing their jobs shows that Congress, at best, has a tin ear politically, while the worst case would be that they are simply a bunch of elitists (which they are, of course).

BTW, VA, which senator do you work for?

[blaze]

Actually we would probably be better off if they just sat around and voted themselves raises every time they got together!!! The country would probably save a lot of money and grief in the long run!