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Defend America on Monday, March 08, 2010 2:32:54 PM
Lawmaker Pushes Congress to Take 5 Percent Pay Cut
FOXNews.com
With
approval ratings south of 20 percent, Congress isn't exactly acing its
performance review -- and one congresswoman thinks it's time the
American people started docking members' pay.
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., last week introduced a bill to cut
pay for members of Congress by 5 percent. She said it hasn't made her
the most popular person in the House of Representatives, but it's
starting to gain bipartisan support.
"I'll tell you, there is nothing like asking the people you work
with to take a cut in pay and see the concern on their faces,"
Kirkpatrick told Fox News on Monday.
The first-term congresswoman said she's hopeful, given the enormous
fiscal challenges facing the country, the measure can pass. She said
she's already started handing over 5 percent of her pay every month --
or $870 -- to help chisel away at the national debt. The monthly
payment would have been less, but Kirkpatrick is, according to her
office, paying extra to make up for the two months of 2010 she missed.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/08/lawmaker-pushes-congress-percent-pay-cut/