WASHINGTON--All Illinois House members--not being loony in an election year--did not support Congress getting a cost of living raise in fiscal year 2011 in a Tuesday vote. The pay raise measure failed on a 402-15 vote.
Click below for the names of the 15....
---- NAYS 15 ---
Clyburn
Conyers
Edwards (MD)
Ellison
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson, E. B.
Kilpatrick (MI)
Lee (CA)
Meeks (NY)
Moran (VA)
Payne
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Watt
Woolsey
Lynn Sweet is a columnist and the Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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It is sad that anyone voted to give themselves a raise with so many people suffering in a bad economy. If their pay was based on performance, most of them would owe the taxpayers money.
And 7 Republicans abstained from voting... don't forget them!
We voted a chuck of the losers that caused this recession in 2007 - now it's time to get rid of the rest of them.
why is it seniors are the ones to bear the burden when things get out of hand? look to other sources who are living high on the hog and fortunately will only realize how the other half lives, if the fates will allow!