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To: stockman_scott who wrote (17876)	6/29/2005 9:47:08 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

He may well take the blame... but not necessarily voluntarily, only after retiring. That'll leave the replacement freer to act.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (17876)	6/29/2005 9:54:26 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 20773

The beat goes on>House Defeats Bid to Block $3,100 Pay Raise From Times Wire Reports The House agreed to a $3,100 pay raise for Congress next year — to $165,200 — after defeating an effort to roll it back. In a 263-152 vote, the House blocked a bid by Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) to force an up-or-down vote on the raise. Instead, lawmakers will automatically receive the raise — officially a cost-of-living adjustment. "Now is not the time for members of Congress to be voting themselves a pay raise. We need to be willing to make sacrifices," Matheson said.