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babylonsister

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4. Hahaha! Me, too, a lot of them! nt

Reply to William769 (Reply #3)

Thu May 15, 2014, 11:10 PM

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Yay! Bill would force members of Congress to fly coach [View all] babylonsister May 2014 OP

awwwwwwwwwwww~ sheshe2 May 2014 #1

Corporate planes are gonna be busy. lpbk2713 May 2014 #2

And the beat goes on. Sigh. nt babylonsister May 2014 #5

Ban Corporate Jets billhicks76 May 2014 #16

I would make them take Greyhound! William769 May 2014 #3

Hahaha! Me, too, a lot of them! nt babylonsister May 2014 #4

Greyhound is too upscale. Make them take the Fung Wah n/t DotGone May 2014 #8

I'd make them hitchhike with a sign around their neck that reads, "Member of Congress" Nuclear Unicorn May 2014 #37

You mean they don't! They should have all their traveling allowance taken Cha May 2014 #6

They all have to vote for it--think they will? Foxes watching the henhouse... nt MADem May 2014 #7

$4900 per week for travel? Hassin Bin Sober May 2014 #9

No kidding. Pisses me off. And where do their babylonsister May 2014 #12

Ted Cruz is over in Ukraine grifting right now. Your tax dollars at work! freshwest May 2014 #14

This is being penny-wise and pound-foolish Taitertots May 2014 #10

How do you figure? tritsofme May 2014 #18

Do you even know what my statement means? Taitertots May 2014 #34

I'd vote for that; let's see if they will Hekate May 2014 #11

$256K+ Perk plus $175K salary? Oh god, they really feel our pain, don't they? freshwest May 2014 #13

But members of Congress do more important stuff than the military like Benghazi. Kablooie May 2014 #15

If the future King of England can do it... 951-Riverside May 2014 #17

they had this law 20 or 30 years ago paulkienitz May 2014 #19

And then some people wonder why we get pissed at paying our federal taxes oneofthe99 May 2014 #20

They work for us. When is the last time YOUR employer sent you first class on a business trip? tofuandbeer May 2014 #21

never oneofthe99 May 2014 #22

OUCH! tofuandbeer May 2014 #23

My company will fly us business class for international flights hack89 May 2014 #29

They can still keep their insider trading though. nt valerief May 2014 #24

Ok and now for the "Rest of the Story".... Lochloosa May 2014 #25

Pardon me??? catnhatnh May 2014 #26

You are assuming that every member of Congress actually spends $256,000.00 per year. Lochloosa May 2014 #27

Want to bet on most of the other 534? hobbit709 May 2014 #31

You have two basic models exboyfil May 2014 #32

I agree with the housing but think of the "uproar" that would cause. Lochloosa May 2014 #33

So there's a good egg or two babylonsister May 2014 #30

My rep flies coach hack89 May 2014 #28

Raise their pay and make them RELOCATE their families to DC....OR SoCalDem May 2014 #35

I am not going to hold my breath waiting for the majority of congress to vote for it. nt ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 #36

535 x $256,574 = $137,267,090 /year. What a racket. And they complain about not being able to AlinPA May 2014 #38