Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Question: Do Congresspersons get financial supplements for chairing or working on committees?

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU
 
mfcorey1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 02:58 AM
Original message
Question: Do Congresspersons get financial supplements for chairing or working on committees?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 03:04 AM
Response to Original message
1. you mean besides millions in "campaign contributions" from corporations? nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 07:15 AM
Response to Reply #1
4. Bingo!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 03:50 AM
Response to Original message
2. yes, from lobbyists. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 05:05 AM
Response to Original message
3. No
Aren't they all on committees?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 07:15 AM
Response to Original message
5. Their paychecks and benes are petty cash to them. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
piratefish08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 07:15 AM
Response to Original message
6. directly? no. you can figure out where it comes from though.......
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 07:43 AM
Response to Original message
7. I thought they did it out of the goodness in their hearts.
Edited on Fri Oct-21-11 08:00 AM by TheCowsCameHome
Compensation is secondary.

Yeah, right.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Feb 13th 2026, 03:57 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC