The "New Day" Congress Pay Raise

New Democratic Congress, Same Old Stuff
By Dan Rostad, 7-23-07

I am sure we have all seen the new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stand in front of the news cameras proclaiming a “New Day” for America now that the Democrats have control of the Congress. I am more inclined to proclaim “Same old… Same old” on their progress so far and I am not alone.

Would you be surprised to know that among the very few pieces of legislation that the “New Day” Congress has passed that really has an effect on the American people, is a bill that gives themselves a pay raise?

There she is at the podium, talking about all the new, more progressive issues that this new Democratic Congress will tackle and “Oh, by the way”, we have given ourselves a nearly $5,000-a-year pay raise!

Speaker Pelosi, truly the poster child for “wild-eyed liberals”, didn’t call a press conference to announce this automatic pay raise would occur because they vote by taking no action at all. No, I found out about this pay raise from none other than a disgruntled liberal. Read more on this sad story here.