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2016 Postmortem

ancianita

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6. Who actually prints the paychecks of all of Congress? Do you know?

Reply to macwriter (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 08:38 AM

Jan 2013

And who could authorize those checks be stopped? Maybe it's the Office of Personnel Management, but I doubt the public knows who to even pressure to authorize a stopping of congress' paychecks.

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Take Away Congress Pay and Perks If Debt Ceiling Isn't Raised [View all] macwriter Jan 2013 OP

take back their recent raise AND cancel their medical/retirement nt msongs Jan 2013 #1

And they should put on hold any money going to Republican House districts. Kablooie Jan 2013 #2

cuz the left bdublu Jan 2013 #3

Uh oh. I must be trip, trap, tripping over your bridge. Kablooie Jan 2013 #4

Take away their pay? You mean what to many of them is just an allowance? Arneoker Jan 2013 #5

Who actually prints the paychecks of all of Congress? Do you know? ancianita Jan 2013 #6

Why would you continue to pay those members of congress who vote no on the debt ceiling? Filibuster Harry Jan 2013 #7