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Congress won’t face pay cut in sequester
Washington Post ^
| 6 Mar 13
| T.W. Farnam
Posted on 03/10/2013 4:35:21 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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Gramm-Rudman says that any individual employees salary that is set by law, like standard federal pay scales, cant be cut because of a sequester. But that provision doesnt explain why a whole class of people, like the member of Congress, couldnt see an across-the-board pay reduction. The OMB official said Gramm-Rudman simply doesnt apply to lawmakers salaries at all due to the specific way in which they are funded.
Meanwhile, for the low paid GS-3s and GS-4s out there:
So how did lawmakers pay escape the axe? Turns out thats a mystery with conflicting explanations that lead deep into a rabbit hole of federal budgeting arcana.
Glad the protected class is doing so well.
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posted on
03/10/2013 4:35:21 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: SkyPilot
Why do they write these stories instead of reading the Constitution. Congressional pay cannot be changed until an election has intervened.
To: cotton1706
Congress is exempt from Obamacare too—so look for incumbents to fight even dirtier to hold their seats in order to stay away from the Death Panels...which, because of their diseased state both morally and physically, they could not survive.
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posted on
03/10/2013 4:42:54 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("American patriots are dangerous animals--they defend themselves when attacked.")
To: SkyPilot; Happy Rain
so look for incumbents to fight even dirtier to hold their seats in order to stay away from the Death Panels At least now we know why the drones are taking to the air. The Death Panels decide who, when and where.
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posted on
03/10/2013 4:46:45 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: cotton1706
“Several news outlets, including CNN and Politico, have cited the 27th Amendment as the explanation for why lawmakers pay has been unscathed. But the 2012 election took place after the sequester was signed into law and before it took effect.”
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posted on
03/10/2013 4:47:39 AM PDT
by
Balata
To: cotton1706
As if anyone in the Devil’s Closet gives a damn. Matter of fact, the fed gov, all three branches, has become the new Devil’s Triangle. Whoever gets caught in there stays in there and what does emerge is nothing we recognize.
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posted on
03/10/2013 4:50:15 AM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
To: cotton1706
You yourself posted without reading the article. The explanation is there.
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posted on
03/10/2013 4:52:00 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: MestaMachine
I wrote my Congressman about this. I received a form letter reply telling me to take a tour of Capitol Hill someday. Really.
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posted on
03/10/2013 4:54:12 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: SkyPilot; MestaMachine
SOP ... truth is Mesta is correct. It has been SOP for almost longer than can remember.
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posted on
03/10/2013 4:55:54 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: SkyPilot
A veritable palace built to house crooks, scammers and schemers wasn’t at all what the Founders had in mind.
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posted on
03/10/2013 5:01:23 AM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
To: SkyPilot
Would be willing to bet the SC would state this is covered under the “commerce clause”
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posted on
03/10/2013 5:04:14 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: no-to-illegals
The government has become a leech, a parasite on the body of this nation. Time to call Orkin.
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posted on
03/10/2013 5:05:18 AM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
To: MestaMachine
Too late ... Orkin is spelled d-r-o-n-e
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posted on
03/10/2013 5:07:04 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: SkyPilot
So how many letters have you written to the Obama Administration and Congress protesting this?
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posted on
03/10/2013 5:21:36 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: cotton1706
The sequester is the work of the zer0 regime, not the congress and the regime is where cuts should come, Not congress.
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posted on
03/10/2013 5:32:05 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: SkyPilot
IRRELEVANT.
Their REAL money comes from graft and insider trading, of course. They can skip this “pay” or salary stuff and hardly miss it at all.
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posted on
03/10/2013 5:50:20 AM PDT
by
Flintlock
("The British are coming" to TAKE OUR GUNS!--Paul Revere)
To: no-to-illegals
splains why Sarah Palin is out of sight.
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posted on
03/10/2013 5:53:47 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("American patriots are dangerous animals--they defend themselves when attacked.")
To: Flintlock
Bingo:
The man with the real answer.
Nobody spends the money these people spend to get a job that pays a paltry $174,000 dollars a year.
Nancy Pelosi didnt get rich off her salary, but off of the laws she made and benefitted from.
Half of them belong in Orange jumpsuits and the other half should be watched closely.
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posted on
03/10/2013 7:09:36 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: SkyPilot
You are showing a startling lack of respect for America’s Ubermenschen!
Queen Pelosi is Not amused.
AgencyPersons are reading everything!
They know about your respect deficit and are eager to ‘help you’.
;-)
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posted on
03/10/2013 7:21:06 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."..)
To: SkyPilot
Bwahahaha!....color me surprised!
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
03/10/2013 8:45:00 AM PDT
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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