Senate Will Wait While Obama Raises Money for Spector


	Senate Will Wait While Obama Raises Money for Spector

jatfla

9-13-2009 7:20 PM

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jatfla says:

So....will we be reimbursed for those hours that no one is working?

6 terms is way too many and very much a part of the problems in Congress. The senile and sick never retire.

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