POLITICMO: "18 Senators urge Boehner: ‘No budget, no pay’"

[stlsaxman]

(snip) — A group of 18 U.S. Senators, including Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill, penned a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), urging the House to pass legislation that would prevent members of Congress and the President from being paid in the event of shutdown of the federal government.(/snip)

http://politicmo.com/2011/03/30/18-senators-urge-boehner-no-budget-no-pay/

I'm so proud of our Claire!!!!!

:yourock: - "Go, Claire!"

[cali]

1. meaningless. theatrics. and Claire's jet business disturbs me.

[stlsaxman]

2. parade shit much?

[Oceansaway]

3. sounds like Claire is a tax cheat...nt

[udbcrzy2]

4. Too bad this isn't court, then we could declare a mistrial

and call in a new jury:)

[msongs]

5. how about we take away their health care and retirement packages permanently nt

[Merlot]

6. What is the percentage of congress people who are millionaires?

like this will really hurt them...

[quakerboy]

7. I bet McCain would scream like a baby if his

Social security was temporarily cut off. Much less his pay and benefits.

Its not about how much they have. Its about how much they want.


Another direction, The TP freshmen are the ones at the heart of shutting it all down. They are also the least likely to have cemented their dirty money foothold. So they are the most likely to feel the burn of such an action. Which seems very fair.

All in all, I am happy that both of my senators are on the letter.