NOW HERE'S A GREAT IDEA....... TO BAD IT MAKES WAY TOO MUCH SENSE.

I received this e-mail from the office of Senator Barbara Boxer:

April 02, 2011
Dear Friend:

Today I joined with 15 of my Senate colleagues to send a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) urging him to immediately take up and pass S. 388, my “No Budget, No Pay” bill. This legislation would prevent Members of Congress and the President of the United States from being paid during a shutdown of the federal government.

In our letter, we point out that Speaker Boehner has repeatedly refused to take up the bill, which was approved by the Senate unanimously a month ago. We wrote, “It is essential that we work together to avoid a government shutdown, but if we cannot do our jobs and keep the government functioning, we should not get paid.”

To read the text of our letter and more about the “No Budget, No Pay” bill, please click here.

Sincerely,


Barbara Boxer
United States Senator

( To read the full text of the S.388, go to....... http://boxer.senate.gov/en/press/releases/033011.cfm )

Good one Senator Boxer. I don't think it will be received very well, however. Just a guess on my part, but I'm betting that would bring the House Republicans down to the level of their constituency. It sort puts unemployment on a level they don't seem to understand...... Brings it too close to home.

So,... do you think the Speaker is overcompensating for something with that gavel?