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Title: Republicans in Congress Try to Take Away John Boehner’s Retirement Office
Source:
Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern ... hn-boehners-retirement-office/
Published: Dec 9, 2015
Author: Patrick Howley
Post Date: 2015-12-09 18:39:48 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 517
Comments: 2
WASHINGTON – A group of fiscally conservative Republican congressmen is fighting to take away Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)’s taxpayer-funded retirement benefits.
Speakers of the House, it turns out, get good pensions.
Boehner, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Newt Gingrich and others qualify for one of the most exclusive privileges in the federal government. They get to keep offices in the U.S. Capitol for five years, with all the taxpayer-funded staff and office supplies money can buy.
Irish-American Democratic Speaker of the House John McCormack (1962-71) was responsible for this government program and was also its first beneficiary. Dennis Hastert spent $1.9 million from Uncle Sam’s purse on his office fees.
The measure to de-authorize Boehner’s “Golden Years” office is proposed by Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) and co-sponsored by Reps. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), who held a presser at the Capitol Tuesday.
“I’m confident that when we get this legislation to the floor, every member of Congress will vote with us to eliminate this waste of taxpayer dollars,” Massie told reporters. “This week’s omnibus presents an immediate opportunity to defund the ex-speaker’s office, but the most probable vehicle is an amendment containing Mr. Jones’ legislation, that we can offer next summer during the appropriations debate.”
“They are no longer a member of Congress,” said Jones.
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" Speakers of the House, it turns out, get good pensions.Boehner, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Newt Gingrich and others qualify for one of the most exclusive privileges in the federal government. They get to keep offices in the U.S. Capitol for five years, with all the taxpayer-funded staff and office supplies money can buy. "
By all means this needs to be stopped !!! What a waste of taxpayer money.
If anything, give them a port a potty at the dump.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
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#2. To: cranky (#0)
Boehner, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Newt Gingrich and others qualify for one of the most exclusive privileges in the federal government. They get to keep offices in the U.S. Capitol for five years, with all the taxpayer-funded staff and office supplies money can buy
Why the hell do people who are no longer in office need elaborate offices, with all the accouterments, in the capitol to present themselves as still being in office? Is there no way to get rid of these parasites?
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