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In reply to the discussion: Reid caved -- AGAIN?? [View all]gateley
(62,683 posts)25. Yes there SHOULD be, but it'll never happen
Besides the fact that it's unconstitutional to not pay them (regardless of Boehner's little stunt), it would be difficult to implement, I think.
I also wonder if it's too late to implemet a minimum work requirement, or a rule that they actually have to read the bills themselves rather than having their aides give them the highlights, or....(it is SO messed up and SO far gone).
In WA State we voted against a raise for our State Senate. After it was defeated, they snuck in and had a midnight vote and voted themselves the raises anyway. No repurcussions. No penalties.
We are definitely not BY the people!
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We as activists need to make it very difficult for them to retake the majority.
LiberalFighter
Jan 2013
#15
OK, Tx4obama -- I'll hunker down and find out whether my knee-jerk reaction needs to
gateley
Jan 2013
#5
Okay -- read them all and I'll change "caved" to really dropping the ball, really
gateley
Jan 2013
#10
Not difficult enough. Republicans are liars and Reid is a spineless fool if he thinks
catbyte
Jan 2013
#28
Who were the likely Senators against or on the fence for the Merley-Udall-Harkin rule?
LiberalFighter
Jan 2013
#35
I had heard before that Reid didn't reallly want to end fillibustering, or reform it much, because
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#6
Ah.... I see, good point. It's never as cut and dried as we out here think it is, is it? Thanks!
gateley
Jan 2013
#22
The minority party has been doing that for years. Just not this much, is the issue.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#26