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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 5h \ on: Sen. John Kennedy Oped: Shutdowns Should be Painful for Members of Congress, Too Politics_And_Law

Most of them are loaded too (the Congressmen, not the staff), so this should be a pretty easy win for Congress.

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69 sats \ 3 replies \ @Cje95 OP 5h

Yep! Sadly the Dems are not going to let it pass because somehow its wrong and classic punishment for thee but not for me.

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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 5h

Really? That seems like really poor optics.

The Republicans should all do it voluntarily during the next shutdown.

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69 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 5h

So some Members did try but were ordered by idk exactly who but legal authorities that they had to take the money due to the 27th Amendment.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 4h

I guess they could make a big show of putting their paper paychecks into a box or something and not taking them out until the end.

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