Bipartisanship is alive and well

Who says the Republicans and Democrats cannot work together?  Given the right motivation they can all work together to accomplish things of pressing national interests.  Take for example a $4,400 pay raise!

Despite low approval ratings and hard feelings from last year's elections, Democrats and Republicans in the House are reaching out for an approximately $4,400 pay raise that would increase their salaries to almost $170,000.

See that?  Despite their 14% job approval rating, despite their bickering and failed (thank God) attempt to pass the immigration amnesty bill, despite all that they can still come together and hike their pay another $4,400 bucks!  Good for them, I will sleep better knowing they are well compensated.

These guys are so smart they actually voted a few years ago to have their cost of living pay raises happen automatically every year unless they vote to stop it.  So Representatives Jim Matheson, D-Utah, and Lee Terry, R-Neb. attempted to block the raise and the vote came down 244 to 181 to not block the annual COLA. 

Working together.  What a beautiful thing.

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The Madmouser
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Yes, its a beautiful thing to see. Did they stay up past midnight to pass this in the dead of night, so that the public would not know until much later? That is their usual ploy. Maybe we should rate their pay in correlation to their public ratings. hahaha at 14%, they would probably qualify for food stamps.

Don't forget to check the price of those tickets...
Eric
Forget? Are you kidding? I have been calling all day but so far have not found anyone who speaks english over there at the so called Space Agency. I am looking for a translator, I will get this thing done. I will keep you posted.

By the way, keep an eye on Terry's blog, I think the the design is about to change to something very shocking! Just thought I would give you a heads up.
dox^2
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I can see the liberal argument now... see... government can be efficient.
Terry
there you go, not sure how the heck you convince me to do all the stupid things i do! Enjoy! oh and by the way i will mail you an even BETTER/FUNNIER picture from my near death in the desert!
TedWest
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See, Eric, this shows that if they can't get you one way, they'll get you another. That insead of being our representatives, it's us against them
Eric
Very true. These guys are not looking out for us at all.
DallasDude
I just don't get it. Your blog claims that the legislature was " trying to ram an immigration bill down our throats". Now they defeated the bill, immigration, that was supported by the executive branch, for you and I, as they represent us. Now you got what you wanted. They did come together and blocked the immigration bill. Thats called biparitanship. Are you just venting to get out of your system?
Eric
Venting? Maybe. But more likely I am pointing out how they have no problem working together to raise their income. Why can they not work together to seal the border? The problem with the immigration bill was that it was an amnesty bill. Furthermore, I do not think they were working together on the amnesty bill because they failed to get enough votes to pass the bill, thus, not working together (thank God) and the bill failed. See how that works?

However they all voted in large support, both Democrats and Republicans alike to make sure they killed the proposal to block their raise. See the difference?
Indiana

As usual they are just showing us how much they have the American peoples interest at heart and are willing to sacrifice for the greater good of our country. (sarcasm)

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