FIRST VOTE ON SPENDING CUTS

NoisyRoom.net ^ | 1-6-2011 | AJ

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Bill: Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices in 2011 and 2012

A vote on H Res 22 occurred today. This resolution cuts the government operating budget by 5% ($35 million) from their initial $700 million budget.

Reducing this budget to $665 million for the year provides an average of $1.53 million for each member of Congress.

That’s an average of $4,188.32 spent every single day, including holidays and recesses, for each member.

H Res 22 passed with a vote of 410 Yea’s to 13 Nea’s; 11 members did not vote.

The 13 members of Congress who voted against the 5% spending cut are all Democrats and 11 of them are members of the radical Congressional Progressive Caucus as follows:

Gary Ackerman (D)

Yvette Clarke (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

John Conyers (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Keith Ellison (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair

Bob Filner (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Michael Honda (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Barbara Lee (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Jim Moran (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Donald Payne (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member Jan Schakowsky (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Edolphus Towns (D)

Lynn Woolsey (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Those who did not vote were 3 Democrats (2 of whom are members of the radical Congressional Progressive Caucus) and 8 Republicans as follows:

Bilirakis (R)

Gerlach (R)

Stephen Lynch (D)

Paul (R)

Pence (R)

Rivera (R)

Runyan (R)

Smith (R)

Pete Stark (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Henry Waxman (D) – Congressional Progressive Caucus member

Young (R)

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Progressive Caucus Members are linked to Keywiki

Roll Call Vote HR 22 - link: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll008.xml

[radioone]

Isn’t Progressive Caucus just “code” for Communist???

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Yes

[ZOOKER]

Get with it, Progressive Caucus!

They're not newbies, they should know how this goes - the session starts out with a feel-good, popular bill that thrifty taxpayers will cheer. It passes the House overwhelmingly, and blazes to the Senate, where it is hailed by all except for a few minor details, which the Senate adds and sends back to the House. They tinker with it some more, then send it back to the Senate, who amends it and sends it...well, you get the idea. In the end, Congressional staffs/payrolls won't shrink at all, even though EVERYONE thought it was such a good idea!