pelosi looks to shield lawmakers from the law

This is just typical politian's bullshit. Ever read about the nightmare of the congressional checking system? They also get to write bills that include pay raises for themselves? They get a sweet retirement deal while they pass laws on retirement systems and social security that do not effect them.

This has been going on for years.

But yes, Pelosi should be called out on this.
 
Yurt said:
lmao...isn't this virtually the same thing the dems complained bush did, executive privilege etc...
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Actually, no it isn't. It's more akin to the same thing that Denny Hastert complained that the Bush DoJ did.

This is yet another chapter in a long story about Congress trying to protect itself from what it views as unwarranted intrusion by the Executive Branch.

Having said that, while I understand the unique footing that members of Congress have by virtue of the Constitution, they shouldn't pass any laws that they wouldn't want applied against them and should shut the fuck up when the laws that they support end up biting them in the ass.
 
WinterBorn said:
This is just typical politian's bullshit. Ever read about the nightmare of the congressional checking system? They also get to write bills that include pay raises for themselves? They get a sweet retirement deal while they pass laws on retirement systems and social security that do not effect them.

This has been going on for years.

But yes, Pelosi should be called out on this.
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They can give themselves pay raises, but the longest standing (finally ratified) un-ratified constitutional amendment (and I believe the reason that more modern amendments have expiration dates) makes it so that they cannot gain the raise until after the next congressional elections. (This would have protected against things like the retroactive pay raise during Grant's tenure.) It was proposed with the first 10 Amendments, but only ratified sometime in the 1980s I believe.
 
Congress's pay should be linked to the average Wage (not income). This would give them a vested interest in the entire country doing better.
 
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