Didn't take too much reading to determine where the automatic raise came from. Perhaps you didn't read?
Taken from the article: "Lawmakers have received automatic raises since 1989. As part of an ethics bill, Congress gave up its ability to accept pay for speeches and made annual cost-of-living pay increases automatic unless lawmakers voted otherwise." ::michael Stephen Russell wrote: >>>From your Subject you blame Pelosi. Why didn't you include your > congressman and senators as well in your rant? > > They didn't state the law that this raise was tied to but I wonder how > long it has been in existence. Was it passed in the Republican > ownership or in a freaky Democratic controlled one? I can only guess > at who created the bill by the lack of it being stated on a Fox News > site. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
