Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Shouldn't be allowed.......If you don't do your job.....you don't get paid..

Lawmakers still get a check, even in shutdown mode

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one note, Obama keeps saying the GOP is shutting down the government, but HE is the one who won't negotiate on obamacare 
 


HENRY C. JACKSON, AP
4 hours ago 
 
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's at least one constant in a government shutdown: The 532 members of Congress continue to be paid — at a cost of $10,583.85 per hour to taxpayers.

Lawmakers get their pay even as hundreds of congressional staffers are sent home, packs of tourists are turned away at the Capitol, and constituent services in many offices grind to a halt. Most entrances to House and Senate office buildings and underground parking garages are closed         .full story
 
 

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