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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 12:49 PM Jun 2012

GOP Measure Protects Lawmakers' Office Budgets After 2 Years Of Cuts

Source: Associated Press

Members of the House of Representatives voted Friday to protect their own office expense accounts from budget cuts.

The bipartisan 307-102 vote came on a $3.3 billion measure funding congressional operations.

Republicans controlling the House have been trying to cut domestic agency budgets by about 5 percent. But when it came to their own staff, travel and office expenses, GOP leaders opted to freeze their $574 million budget after two years of cuts.

The funding bill includes a 1 percent cut that comes chiefly from cutting back on repairs to the iconic Capitol dome, which dates to the Civil War.



Read more: http://www.kbnd.com/kbnd-news/national-news-stories/754ba63694f779d0e6bd8acdc6427baf

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GOP Measure Protects Lawmakers' Office Budgets After 2 Years Of Cuts (Original Post) Purveyor Jun 2012 OP
Words are not adequate to describe the hypocrisy. geckosfeet Jun 2012 #1
And yet ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2012 #2
Well, after all...the word is "austerity" KansDem Jun 2012 #3
Typical Solly Mack Jun 2012 #4
They want to keep their gravy train flowing. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #5
GOP handing out candy to their constituents kids: Dont call me Shirley Jun 2012 #6

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
6. GOP handing out candy to their constituents kids:
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 04:25 PM
Jun 2012

Let's see here sunny boy, 1 for me, none for you.
Ok sissy, 10 for me, -1 for you.

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