It looks like the Republicans gave themselves a 3.5% Raise in the budget

[sam sarrha]

they had a bill that was literally a stack of paper 2 feet high, and gave the Democrats only 20 minutes to read it before voting for it.

all written behind closed doors.

[NVMojo]

1. it was their reward for getting Bushpitt in ...

[Be Brave]

2. Did the Democrats get the same raise? nt

[AuntPatsy]

3. Obviously....

[ObaMania]

6. Same difference

[noamnety]

4. no raise in the minimum wage though?

eh, don't bother answering.

[Bucky]

5. That's better than COLA. Isn't that unconstitutional now?

I thought the latest amendment, the one Madison wrote in 1789 and was floating around for 200+ years before suddenly getting ratified in the 1990s, said that an election had to intervene between a pay-raise bill and that pay raise taking effect. If they passed it after the election, it can't take place until 2007, right?

I mean, it's not like elected officials can just up and ignore the Constitution, right? Right? Hey, someone throw me a line here!

[MsConduct]

7. Well Bucky, I'd love to throw you a line, but....

we are talking about polititians, right? They win, we lose. Hell, we're only 'we the people' after all.