We seem to reward our representatives for bad behavior by voting them into office again and again, and not requiring anything more from them. So far, the current U.S. Congress has enacted 142 laws, the fewest of any Congress in the past two decades. Only 108 of the bills passed were substantive pieces of legislation, while 34 dealt with renaming post offices, anniversary commemorations and other ceremonial issues.
The U.S. House of Rep*resentatives voted at least 40 times to repeal Obama*care. What a waste of time.
One law passed by the House specifies the amount of precious-metal blanks permitted in National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins. Another waste of time.
We spend roughly $6 billion each year on members of Congress, counting health and retirement benefits, and a salary of $174,000 each. Why? Our congressman is with this group of highly paid Congressional members who did not earn their salaries. Yet he wants us to send him back so he can do it again.
Congress works around 175 to 180 days a year. That is about $1,000 a day in salary alone.
This Congress voted against equal access to healthcare, public education, marriage equality, voting rights, a woman's right to choose and a living wage. Does our congressman think his mother should earn 75 percent of what a man would earn doing the same job? According to his voting record, he does.
If the Republicans win both the House and Senate, they plan to do away with the 17th Amendment. That would take away your right to vote for and elect you senator. They would do that for you. If they want to change the voting rules, do away with the Electoral College and make whoever gets the most popular votes the winner in presidential elections.
Please, get out and vote this fall. Let the elected officials know they work for us, not the senior senator from Kentucky who advises his colleagues on Capitol Hill that all they need to do is see that President Obama fails.
The U.S. House of Rep*resentatives voted at least 40 times to repeal Obama*care. What a waste of time.
One law passed by the House specifies the amount of precious-metal blanks permitted in National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins. Another waste of time.
We spend roughly $6 billion each year on members of Congress, counting health and retirement benefits, and a salary of $174,000 each. Why? Our congressman is with this group of highly paid Congressional members who did not earn their salaries. Yet he wants us to send him back so he can do it again.
Congress works around 175 to 180 days a year. That is about $1,000 a day in salary alone.
This Congress voted against equal access to healthcare, public education, marriage equality, voting rights, a woman's right to choose and a living wage. Does our congressman think his mother should earn 75 percent of what a man would earn doing the same job? According to his voting record, he does.
If the Republicans win both the House and Senate, they plan to do away with the 17th Amendment. That would take away your right to vote for and elect you senator. They would do that for you. If they want to change the voting rules, do away with the Electoral College and make whoever gets the most popular votes the winner in presidential elections.
Please, get out and vote this fall. Let the elected officials know they work for us, not the senior senator from Kentucky who advises his colleagues on Capitol Hill that all they need to do is see that President Obama fails.
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