Ocasio-Cortez says ‘gotta run’ when asked about shutdown pay (retired, money)
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Everyone in congress should not receive a paycheck during a shutdown. NIMW (not in my wallet) is the new NIMBY. Kudos to the ones that have volunteered not to receive their pay.
Everyone in congress should not receive a paycheck during a shutdown. NIMW (not in my wallet) is the new NIMBY. Kudos to the ones that have volunteered not to receive their pay.
This is what I agree with. If you allow a Gov't shutdown to even commence all of congress should have some skin in the game, no pay check. If it goes on for too long their should be emergency funding for a special election to replace the lot of them (this is an extreme but you get the point).
Everyone in congress should not receive a paycheck during a shutdown. NIMW (not in my wallet) is the new NIMBY. Kudos to the ones that have volunteered not to receive their pay.
I agree. I was heartened to see that at least a few are forgoing paychecks until over.
Hmm....I don't see Orrin Hatch as a senator period. Because, ya know, he retired and they probably wouldnt include him in an article like this since it's about current Congress people. Mitt Romney is the new senator. If you want to call him out on this, that would be more apt.
The point is not whether she needs the money, but she told others to "have some integrity" and give up pay when she had not started receiving salary yet.
There are those who will damn this young lady no matter what she does. Not take the pay? Then she's grandstanding, Take the pay? Then she's putting her own needs above that of others. If I was in her shoes, I'd take the pay, no doubt. She's bound to pee off the right wingers no matter what and they're never going to vote for her anyway.
Orrin Hatch is not even in Congress anymore and is not drawing any money from Congress.
My advise to you is stop using CNN as your source material and exit the alternative universe bubble.
Talking to CNN zombies is the same as talking to Fox News cavemen. Ya'll live in bubbles of fake news.
Give her a break.
Maybe she meant she had the runs.
She will mold it into policy if time permits.
No doubt it will pass the democrats smell test of good policy
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