Why?
The (ignored) Constitution says the budget is controlled
by the House, but Boehner says it is all up to Reid.
It’s all just club money for the Potomac society.
If that’s the death benefit or payout ‘earned’ by any senator based on his length of service in office, Lautenberg’s personal wealth should be irrelevant.
It would be worth looking at whether there should be such a benefit/payout at all, but the members’ personal wealth should not be a factor in whether their heirs receive it.
WTF?
Use the money to bury Mrs. Lautenberg next to her Nazi husband by Monday. BTW, have we ever determined which side Frank the fascist fought for?
Shameful. Had they not taken August off, the widow Lautenberg could have had this money sooner. /s
This payment to Bonnie Lautenberg was in every version of the CR that the House sent to the Senate. It wasn’t added during the McConnell/Reid process.