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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-15-07 06:34 PM
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Should Congresscritters be docked a day's pay for not showing up for a vote?
There job is to BE THERE and PARTICIPATE in votes forthe lawmaking process.
They need to be there all the damn time and do their jobs!
Dock em!
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-15-07 06:41 PM
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1. Make it a month, unless they're out of country
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razors edge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-15-07 07:45 PM
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2. There they go again...
making sense to the peons who pay the bills. The little people just don't understand our commitment to freedom (trademark/copywrite US) requires us to secure the masses by perfecting our golf game in Ireland with Enron folks.
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