February 18, 2010
McHenry Won’t Repeal Automatic Pay Raises
As we’ve been covering on here for some time, Patrick McHenry has recently accepted a $4,700 pay raise despite the recession and the loss of jobs in his district, and even went so far as to have a staffer deliberately lie through careful wording to pretend he never voted for it. Now? He’s the only Republican Congressman from NC who has not supported repealing these automatic pay raises, and people in the 10th District are angry:
I received a letter from Congressman McHenry the other day begging for money.
“Now, liberals want to see me defeated. They don’t want our voice upsetting the status quo. They would prefer a Congressman who goes along to get along… who agrees to tax hikes and bad trade deals and massive bailouts of financial institutions.
“I will never be that Congressman. I have heard your voices loud and clear.”
Yet, according to an article by the John Locke Foundation:
“Early in 2009, three bills were introduced in the House and one in the Senate to deal with this issue. All members of the N.C. delegation were contacted. Of those who responded, most added they would likely support any bill to stop pay raises, should one come up for a vote.
“The first bill, H.R. 156, would prevent members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustment in 2010. N.C. delegation cosponsors are Reps. Walter Jones, R-3rd, Howard Coble, R-6th; Sue Myrick, R-9; Larry Kissell, D-8th; and Heath Shuler, D-11th. Rep. David Price, D-4th, plans to co-sponsor the bill, according to his spokesperson, and added the decision was made prior to being contacted about his position on this issue.
“Rep. Virginia Foxx , R-5th, is a cosponsor of H.R. 346, that would repeal the law that provides automatic pay adjustments for members of Congress.
“Coble is also a co-sponsor of H.R. 201, that would prevent automatic pay raises for members of Congress in the year following a fiscal year in which there was a federal budget deficit.
“S.B. 102 would repeal the law that provides automatic pay adjustments for members of Congress. Deputy Press Secretary David Ward said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., has voted against automatic pay increases in the past and would do so again. Colleen Flanagan, a spokesperson for Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., said Hagan is opposed to any automatic pay adjustments.
Something is glaringly missing here. Patrick McHenry. Every member of the North Carolina Republican Congressional delegation has co-sponsored one of these bills, including a few Democrats, seemingly except for Patrick McHenry whose name is no where to be found.”
Seems our congressman hasn’t learned a thing in three terms. There’s is only one thing to do; vote him out of office.
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