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eppur_se_muova

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19. But Uglicans are more eager to sell their principles for cash, so more of them likely to leave.
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 11:23 AM
Nov 26

Sucks to be them.

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I never thought about congresscritters feeling the paycheck pinch jmbar2 Nov 26 #1
In Washington, DC... GB_RN Nov 26 #2
It would be especially hard when there is so much changeover every election jmbar2 Nov 26 #4
Two Years Ago... GB_RN Nov 26 #5
Wow - didn't think of the impact on young and nonaffluent reps jmbar2 Nov 26 #6
Yeah, It's Not Easy... GB_RN Nov 26 #7
If someone in DC that breaks their back working in retail or the service industry can afford something so can they. cstanleytech Nov 26 #23
At least some of this is straight-out racism FakeNoose Nov 26 #26
Sorry, But NOT All Of Them Are Rolling In Money... GB_RN Nov 26 #28
Ok, let's say that their shelling out 3k for rent and 2500 for utilities and food for total of 33000 a year. cstanleytech Nov 26 #30
I Have No Problem With That. GB_RN Nov 26 #31
Ya but even then with that much money leftover after paying for DC they shouldn't have any problems there. cstanleytech Nov 26 #32
The formatting is part of the axios article.... reACTIONary Nov 26 #8
Axios does that type of formatting normally, so I try to match their formatting for the copy/paste BumRushDaShow Nov 26 #11
They should quit then. AltairIV Nov 26 #3
My Step-Brother is a Congressman. He's is an accomplished lawyer. Lochloosa Nov 26 #10
I'll take a wild guess that he's a Democrat mountain grammy Nov 26 #17
Die Hard Democrat. He's one of the good ones. I'll pass it on. Lochloosa Nov 26 #18
Who is paying Bobo for pep talks? IronLionZion Nov 26 #9
Prolly a $250 peep show johnnyfins Nov 26 #13
Certainly a positive situation to look forward to. But don't the Dems have the same situation? Fla Dem Nov 26 #12
But Uglicans are more eager to sell their principles for cash, so more of them likely to leave. eppur_se_muova Nov 26 #19
Only Republicans Diraven Nov 26 #29
bobo was doing pep talks on cameo? orleans Nov 26 #14
If I win the $400M+ Mega lottery, here's my plan SpankMe Nov 26 #15
The Axios summary of the departures from the House the past two years has a couple of errors onenote Nov 26 #16
You missed some of the point of the article and the fact that the 118th Congress is STILL in session BumRushDaShow Nov 26 #20
Thanks for the update and for confirming that the Axios article contained errors. onenote Nov 26 #21
The fact that they even used "at least" BumRushDaShow Nov 26 #22
The article definitely could have used a better editor. onenote Nov 26 #24
All of the news sites lack good editors BumRushDaShow Nov 26 #27
Here's an idea...... moose65 Nov 26 #25
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