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20. You missed some of the point of the article and the fact that the 118th Congress is STILL in session

Tue Nov 26, 2024, 01:14 PM

Nov 2024

TO correct your below -

The ~~eleven~~ fifteen vacancies can be summarized as follows:

~~SIX~~ EIGHT REPUBLICAN VACANCIES:
1 Expelled (Santos)
1 3 job-related (Johnson, Waltz, Gaetz, Stefanik*)
4 non-job related (McCarthy, Buck, Gallagher, Stewart)

*will resign Jan. 20, 2025

~~FIVE~~ SIX DEMOCRATIC VACANCIES:
3 4 deaths (Payne, Lee, McEachin, Pascrell)
2 job-related (Cicilline, Higgins)

https://clerk.house.gov/Members/ViewVacancies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/congress-lawmakers-resignations/

I think Axios was sort of doing an "update" of that March WaPo article (which they actually link to).

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Private-sector paydays threaten Mike Johnson's House majority [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 2024 OP

I never thought about congresscritters feeling the paycheck pinch jmbar2 Nov 2024 #1

In Washington, DC... GB_RN Nov 2024 #2

It would be especially hard when there is so much changeover every election jmbar2 Nov 2024 #4

Two Years Ago... GB_RN Nov 2024 #5

Wow - didn't think of the impact on young and nonaffluent reps jmbar2 Nov 2024 #6

Yeah, It's Not Easy... GB_RN Nov 2024 #7

If someone in DC that breaks their back working in retail or the service industry can afford something so can they. cstanleytech Nov 2024 #23

At least some of this is straight-out racism FakeNoose Nov 2024 #26

Sorry, But NOT All Of Them Are Rolling In Money... GB_RN Nov 2024 #28

Ok, let's say that their shelling out 3k for rent and 2500 for utilities and food for total of 33000 a year. cstanleytech Nov 2024 #30

I Have No Problem With That. GB_RN Nov 2024 #31

Ya but even then with that much money leftover after paying for DC they shouldn't have any problems there. cstanleytech Nov 2024 #32

The formatting is part of the axios article.... reACTIONary Nov 2024 #8

Axios does that type of formatting normally, so I try to match their formatting for the copy/paste BumRushDaShow Nov 2024 #11

They should quit then. AltairIV Nov 2024 #3

My Step-Brother is a Congressman. He's is an accomplished lawyer. Lochloosa Nov 2024 #10

I'll take a wild guess that he's a Democrat mountain grammy Nov 2024 #17

Die Hard Democrat. He's one of the good ones. I'll pass it on. Lochloosa Nov 2024 #18

Who is paying Bobo for pep talks? IronLionZion Nov 2024 #9

Prolly a $250 peep show johnnyfins Nov 2024 #13

Certainly a positive situation to look forward to. But don't the Dems have the same situation? Fla Dem Nov 2024 #12

But Uglicans are more eager to sell their principles for cash, so more of them likely to leave. eppur_se_muova Nov 2024 #19

Only Republicans Diraven Nov 2024 #29

bobo was doing pep talks on cameo? orleans Nov 2024 #14

If I win the $400M+ Mega lottery, here's my plan SpankMe Nov 2024 #15

The Axios summary of the departures from the House the past two years has a couple of errors onenote Nov 2024 #16

You missed some of the point of the article and the fact that the 118th Congress is STILL in session BumRushDaShow Nov 2024 #20

Thanks for the update and for confirming that the Axios article contained errors. onenote Nov 2024 #21

The fact that they even used "at least" BumRushDaShow Nov 2024 #22

The article definitely could have used a better editor. onenote Nov 2024 #24

All of the news sites lack good editors BumRushDaShow Nov 2024 #27

Here's an idea...... moose65 Nov 2024 #25