It seems Senator Mitch McConnell has a great deal of leverage over his fellow Republicans in the Senate. How else explain the votes of the three Republican women Senators in that body denying paycheck equality to all the women in the United States? Senators Hutchison, Snowe and Collins all voted against cloture on that legislation yesterday, ensuring that it would never even come up for discussion by the full body.
If I were a lousy mean-spirited Democratic Senator I’d introduce legislation that would immediately cut the salaries of female United States Senators to 77% of the amount paid to men.
I’m thinking about starting a campaign to cut salaries of all CongressThings to 0, as well as removing all compensation for aides, offices, paper clips, etc. We just can’t afford to pay out all that money in today’s economy.
“If you want me to retire later so I won’t collect Social Security, you’ve gotta sacrifice too!”
I like it.