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Kerry asked to give back Senate salary
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Kerry asked to give back Senate salary
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BOSTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The National Taxpayers Union wants former Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry, D-Mass., to return $91,000 in Senate pay for days he missed votes.
Citing an obscure law, NTU, a taxpayers' watchdog organization, said Kerry's pay should be docked for the 146 days of Senate votes missed between January 2003 and October 2004 while he was campaigning for president. While Kerry's absentees are above the normal level, they are typical of lawmakers running for elections. It is not unusual for lawmakers in both the House and Senate to miss votes.
Kerry tops a list of 25 senators and congressmen of both parties, most of whom were running for higher office or in tough re-election bids, listed as having missed more than 10 voting days in Congress during that time, the Boston Herald said Friday.
"Taxpayers covered the bill for several members of Congress who were trolling for votes at the polls instead of casting votes in Washington," NTU President John Berthoud said.
The NTU report said former North Carolina senator and Kerry running mate John B. Edwards missed 102 days for an overpayment of nearly $64,000 and that former U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., received about $81,000 extra.
Members of Congress were paid $158,000 last year.
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Originally posted by IceBreaker:
Kerry asked to give back Senate salary
http://interestalert.com/brand/sitei...ational%20News
BOSTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The National Taxpayers Union wants former Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry, D-Mass., to return $91,000 in Senate pay for days he missed votes.
Citing an obscure law, NTU, a taxpayers' watchdog organization, said Kerry's pay should be docked for the 146 days of Senate votes missed between January 2003 and October 2004 while he was campaigning for president. While Kerry's absentees are above the normal level, they are typical of lawmakers running for elections. It is not unusual for lawmakers in both the House and Senate to miss votes.
Kerry tops a list of 25 senators and congressmen of both parties, most of whom were running for higher office or in tough re-election bids, listed as having missed more than 10 voting days in Congress during that time, the Boston Herald said Friday.
"Taxpayers covered the bill for several members of Congress who were trolling for votes at the polls instead of casting votes in Washington," NTU President John Berthoud said.
The NTU report said former North Carolina senator and Kerry running mate John B. Edwards missed 102 days for an overpayment of nearly $64,000 and that former U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., received about $81,000 extra.
Members of Congress were paid $158,000 last year.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
All rights reserved.
Not a bad idea as long as it is applied evenly to all members of Congress from both parties. I don't see why we shouldn't ask them to not receive pay for full-time work if they are not being full-time members of Congress. Allow every member a fixed number of days away from Congress for campaigning and any days missed over that allotment comes out of their paychecks. Sounds like a winner to me.
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Bush was out campaigning a lot too. Should he give back his pay?
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Originally posted by BRussell:
Bush was out campaigning a lot too. Should he give back his pay?
No, he won. See?
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Originally posted by chris v:
No, he won. See?
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In fact, Kerry should have to pay Our Leader's salary back too, since he lost. Like legal cases in Britain. That Would be great. Wouldn't it?
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Originally posted by BRussell:
Bush was out campaigning a lot too. Should he give back his pay?
How many votes did Bush miss?
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Originally posted by Kilbey:
How many votes did Bush miss?
Not sure but I know he's been out to lunch a loooong time. 
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Originally posted by Kilbey:
How many votes did Bush miss?
The one on Aug 6, 2001 on what the Cabinet should do about the warnings.
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Originally posted by Mithras:
The one on Aug 6, 2001 on what the Cabinet should do about the warnings.
No, he was there. He was told there were over 70 ongoing investigations into that month's "Bin Laden says he's gonna destroy us again" threat.
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