Congressional Pay Raises


	Congressional Pay Raises

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3-28-2008 8:49 AM

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3-28-2008 8:52 AM

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"We Members of Congress should not be padding our pocketbooks when our constituents are tightening their belts”

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immediate release
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 - </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">Congressman Ron Paul is an original
cosponsor on legislation proposed by Representative Harry Mitchell (AZ-5) to
block Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment scheduled
to take effect in 2009. <SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2008/pr012308.htm"><FONT face="Times New Roman">“With all the waste going on
in government, the dollar losing its purchasing power, the collapse of the
housing bubble, the economy is really struggling. <SPAN> </SPAN>We
Members of Congress should not be padding our pocketbooks when our constituents
are tightening their belts,” stated Congressman Paul.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2008/pr012308.htm"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The bill was introduced
yesterday and so far Congressman Paul is the only cosponsor.<SPAN> 
</SPAN>Congressman Paul famously returns a portion of his congressional office
budget to the Treasury. <SPAN> </SPAN>He recently
estimated he would be able to return $75,000 from last year’s office budget.<SPAN> 
</SPAN>He also refuses to participate in the lucrative pension program that
Congress has awarded itself.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BA032CAD-2EEA-479D-BC06-0DE4DC666BAE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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