Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Raskin, Van Hollen, Cardin not on list of Congresspeople forgoing pay during federal shutdown

Jamie Raskin
UPDATE: Wednesday afternoon, January 9, 2019, Senator Chris Van Hollen announced he has instructed the Financial Clerk of the U.S. Senate to withhold his paycheck until the government shutdown has ended, and federal employees have received back pay they are owed.

"For thee, but not for me:" Congressman Jamie Raskin (D - MD-08) is all over the press lambasting the federal government shutdown, and will even be hosting a "Trump Shutdown" rally tonight in Silver Spring. But one thing Raskin isn't doing is forgoing his own Congressional paycheck during the shutdown. Many of his Democratic colleagues in Maryland and Virginia - including David Trone, Dutch Ruppersburger and Jennifer Wexton - are refusing to accept their paychecks until the shutdown ends, in solidarity with federal workers.
Chris Van Hollen
The two senators representing Montgomery County aren't declining their paychecks either. Chris Van Hollen (D) and Ben Cardin (D) will each continue to accept his $174,000 salary during the shutdown. While Raskin raged about the "shutdown nightmare" when the furloughs began, his own $174,000 salary is a dream he's determined not to wake up from.
Ben Cardin
"Americans are suffering," Cardin declared this past weekend, as he continued to accept his $3346 weekly paycheck. All three men represent a state that has the fourth-highest number of federal employees in the nation, making their failure to sacrifice even more conspicuous as the shutdown drags on.

8 comments:

  1. Jeez Raskin looks like one of the Three Stooges or the long lost 5th Marx Brother

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    1. Groucho,Chico,Harpo,Zeppo and RASKO Marx!

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  2. Give the President the Border Wall Money and we wouldn't need this government shutdown The Democrats are to blame. Even Clinton and Obama agreed on the border/immigration problem. There are many news clips to prove what they said. Why is Congress not representing us?

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    1. Congress IS representing us, the ones who do not want to waste money on a wall, which greatly outnumber the ones like you.

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    2. Hillary Clinton from 2014:

      Hillary Clinton, 2014: “I voted numerous times when I was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in and I do think you have to control your borders.”

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  3. Here is a clip of Obama's remarks on illegal immigration from before the time that the Democrats found out that illegal immigrants would mean more votes for them.

    www.c-span.org/video/?c4656370/sen-barack-obama-illegal-immigration

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  4. Fanatical hatred of the President and his supporters trumps responsible governance. Sad.

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  5. ://www.bostonherald.com/2019/01/08/howie-carr-dems-flip-flop-on-border-security/amp/

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