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Originally Posted by Nascar1966
It's always the Republican Party's fault isn't it. Wonder if the
President's, Senator's, Congressman's, and the President's and First Lady's staff are going
to have their wages frozen. Another way to help the budget is to get out of Iraq.
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Yes, the wages of Congressmen and Senators was frozen a year ago, first Lady's staff this year, all staff
except military this year.
John Boehner (incoming House Speaker) has aready announced his first vote will be to freeze Congressmen's office budgets. Whoopee
But I guess he gets credit for trying.
"Well, how about we start with cutting Congress? I'm going to cut my budget, my leadership budget five percent. I'm going to cut all the leadership budgets by five percent. I'm going to cut every committee's budget by five percent," Boehner told Lesley Stahl of CBS News's "60 Minutes." "And every member is going to see a five percent reduction in their allowance. All together that's $25-$30 million and it likely would be one of the first votes we cast."