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SaveAmerica
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:36 AM Original message |
Congressmen are sleeping/living in the House of Representatives - thoughts? |
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mmonk
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Padlock the doors. |
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guitar man
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
95. LOL!! |
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2Design
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. they are overpaid now |
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Brilliantrocket
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
77. Stupid or just pretending? |
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2Design
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #77 |
91. they are already being paid by the corporations as authorized by supreme court |
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Kermitt Gribble
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Mon Jan-24-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #77 |
102. Most of them are already millionaires and unethical. |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. It is wrong |
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onenote
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. 8 hour day? |
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KittyWampus
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
56. lights are one thing. Crock pots cooking is another. |
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SaveAmerica
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I think they should be charged, don't they earn like $160k a year? |
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SaveAmerica
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. $174k per year according to this web page |
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Lucian
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. He can't send his kids to college on $174k/year? |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yet expect others to do it at less than $40k |
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Lucian
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Exactly. |
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BonnieJW
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. What about the health laws???? |
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bobbolink
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. Health laws? They only apply to homeless people, donchaknow? |
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justabob
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. fire from cooking |
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Oceansaway
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R...n/t |
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InkAddict
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ah, who could have imagined.... |
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onenote
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. its nothing new and member of both parties do it |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. This isn't a partisan stance |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. +1000! |
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glinda
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. They should be asked to move out. This is the House of the people and we didn't let them |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Asked? I am all for eviction proceedings! |
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onenote
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. they're not sleeping in the Capitol. They're sleeping in an office building |
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glinda
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Mon Jan-24-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
104. Extension of the Capital. It is all of our money. Kick them out. No one should "mark" any |
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SaveAmerica
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. yep, the article I linked to said 2 of the freshmen are dems, |
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DainBramaged
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bums living off the teat of the taxpayers, fucking fire hazard too... |
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AnneD
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Mon Jan-24-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
105. Not to mention pests... |
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leveymg
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. This is not a new practice. House rules have always allowed Members to reside in their offices. |
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Recursion
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. The old House Annex 1 (O'Neill building) used to house a lot of Reps |
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qb
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. Anyone who does that at my office is shown the door. Permanently. |
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elias49
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. If this wasn't so funny I think I might cry. |
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SoCalDem
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. If a 7-11 franchisee puts a cot in the back & lives there, he'll get in big trouble |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. Cheap bastard! I'm not interested in supplementing his kids' college tuition costs. |
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Dappleganger
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. I don't have a problem with it. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. It's showing they can't manage their budget |
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Dappleganger
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I think their mentality is that if they can't live rich, they'll stay in the their office. |
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tularetom
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. Do congressmen receive some sort of per diem? |
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Recursion
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. There are showers in the Longworth and Rayburn buildings |
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leveymg
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. The House has its own gym. Several of the office bldgs also have showers - as do large law firms in |
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southernyankeebelle
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
26. Call Boner and tell him you aren't happy about representatives using our electric and boarding in |
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The Backlash Cometh
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'm more concerned that they'll get too comfortable and we'll |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's an indication that they can't manage their budgets |
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elias49
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. Is there a river running through the DC area? |
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SaveAmerica
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Thanks for the laugh! |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. The MOST I am willing to give a member of EITHER party that does this |
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MattBaggins
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. The rents too damn high |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Then they shouldn't take the job |
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onenote
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #52 |
67. so we should make it harder for those of modest means to represent us? |
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renate
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. that's a very good point |
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DaveinJapan
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Mon Jan-24-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #67 |
112. Once elected though, they are earning $170,000+ as was mentioned, they are No Longer |
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MattBaggins
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
90. It was a joke |
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davidinalameda
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #29 |
59. Potomac |
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hamsterjill
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'd rather see public buildings used for the homeless |
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WhiteTara
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
35. you read it right. |
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Greybnk48
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
37. I can't wait until one of these douchebags starts a fire |
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DCKit
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's wrong, but not nearly as skeezy as living at the C St. house. |
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Common Sense Party
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. They're not "in the House." They're in the office building. |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Could you do it at YOUR job? |
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Common Sense Party
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I actually do the reverse at my job. I work from my home. |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Do you take a tax deduction for it? |
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leveymg
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. People work overnight and sleep in their offices at DC law firms all the time. |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Who is paying the bill for the lawyers to sleep on the couch? The taxpayer or the Law Firm? |
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leveymg
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. It doesn't cost the public anything to have House Members sleep in their offices, silly. |
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Horse with no Name
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Yes, it does. |
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leveymg
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Have you ever been in a House Office Bldg? They're miles of high ceilings and marble corridors. |
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onenote
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. +1 |
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ehrnst
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
89. Would they permit aides to live there? Let them find housing on craigslist like their staffers.(nt) |
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ehrnst
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
88. They were also "complaining" about the noise of roof repairs in the night....(nt) |
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Gaedel
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Mon Jan-24-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
113. I remember |
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tabbycat31
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
80. I almost did at my last job |
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SaveAmerica
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
94. Don't give them any ideas ; ) |
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Angry Dragon
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
49. I have a big problem with this practice |
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
54. We the people need to contract with one of those prison companies to house these representatives. |
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KittyWampus
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. It sounds like a fire hazard and is probably against fire regulations. And possibly health code. |
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DrDan
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
58. so he has a salary of $160/yr - rent would be $20K . . . . hmmm |
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Lisa0825
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Not just rent in DC but also housing in their home districts.... |
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DrDan
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. I agree there are bigger issues - but this reeks of tackiness |
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Dappleganger
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. They could always stay in the C Street House. |
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Beaverhausen
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Mon Jan-24-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #71 |
106. a lot of them do that |
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. Plus whatever he pays for his home in his district. |
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DrDan
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. $140K would seem to be adequate for a home in their district. |
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Codeine
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
62. Y'all are nutty. |
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Common Sense Party
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No they should go blow all their salary on an overpriced Georgetown |
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SaveAmerica
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
97. I know of Congressmen who live in shoebox sized apartments in DC |
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leveymg
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. It's frustrated populism. Congress hasn't done much for the people, folks lash out at what they |
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Gormy Cuss
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
92. IMHO, it's a cynical attempt to make people believe they're tightening belts in DC. |
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leveymg
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. I agree with that statement. |
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
65. Keep having fire drills. |
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barbiegeek
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
69. I'd sleep at work for Free Government HC like them |
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WolverineDG
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. me too |
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firehorse
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
72. Who cares? |
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ehrnst
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
73. Their staff makes less than they do - would they tolerate a staffer living in the building? |
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msanthrope
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Mon Jan-24-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
109. You'd be surprised how many staffers sleep in the offices during the week and only |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
75. If each state would buy an apartment building they could keep salaries down. |
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firehorse
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. maybe they could rent bunk beds from pilots |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
78. 1. It's legal and permitted under House rules |
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thrift_store_angel
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
81. Things must be way different in other parts of the country |
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Cleita
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
82. That cooking arrangement has to be a fire hazard. |
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KharmaTrain
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
84. If It Gets Them Out Of The Beltway... |
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WolverineDG
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
85. But they have great health care benefits |
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ehrnst
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
87. Government subsidized housing. Nice. (nt) |
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Javaman
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
93. We don't say a thing when they use the US Constitution as toilet paper |
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sharesunited
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
96. They should live in their cars like the rest of us! |
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PBS Poll-435
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
99. As I clutch my pearls... |
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Ghost in the Machine
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
100. I think they should all live in a tent compound, just like our troops do, until the wars are over |
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grahamhgreen
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Mon Jan-24-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
101. More evidence they have turned us into a 3rd world country. WHY DOES |
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4_TN_TITANS
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Mon Jan-24-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
103. Lighten up people..... |
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Cosmocat
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Mon Jan-24-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #103 |
116. People are actling ... |
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Lisa0825
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. EXACTLY. nt |
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AlinPA
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Mon Jan-24-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
107. Fakes. They haven't received their brown envelopes from the lobbyists yet. nt |
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msanthrope
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Mon Jan-24-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
108. This is nothing new--when I was a staffer I knew of plenty of good Dems who |
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Mon Jan-24-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
110. Could u imagine what would happen if a regular empoohed decided to live out |
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Pryderi
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Mon Jan-24-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
111. BETTER THERE THAN C-STREET! |
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Liberal_in_LA
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Mon Jan-24-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
114. crock pot cooking! lol |
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eShirl
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Mon Jan-24-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
115. maybe they'll get more work done |
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Hippo_Tron
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Mon Jan-24-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
117. I'd like to see a follow-up story on this 9 or 10 months from now |
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BOHICA12
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Mon Jan-24-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
118. I don't want them to get comfortable .... |
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tammywammy
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
119. I have no problem with it. n/t |
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inna
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
121. I could not care less where they sleep. |
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kiranon
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Tue Jan-25-11 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
122. Have no problem with it. n/t |
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