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matthews

(497 posts)
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 05:41 PM Aug 2013

Considering that Eric Cantor told Chris Wallace that Obama needs to come up with

more 'entitlement' cuts before they get serious discussing a budget, I thought that maybe I'd post this so that you can see what real 'entitlements' looks like:

Pay and Perquisites of Members of Congress, Including A History of House and Senate Salaries

http://www.congresspay.com/

EDITED TO ADD:

This week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor proudly announced the calendar for the new Congress in 2013. Here's the link. Working days for the entire year total 126, leaving 239 days off. This includes virtually the whole month of August, two weeks around Easter/Passover, not a single five-day work week and (God forbid) no

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kenneth-d-ackerman/congress-calendar_b_2219870.html

http://majorityleader.gov/calendar/113thCongressFirstSession.pdf

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