Convicted Lawmakers may lose Pensions
(full story) The Senate on Friday voted 87-0 to strip away the pensions of members of Congress convicted of white-collar crimes such as bribery, perjury and fraud. That could result in benefit losses of more than $100,000 a year.
Wow! Finally some good news to come out of Congress. Say what you will about our gal Nancy but, she is spearheading some serious reform legislation. Who knows, maybe we’ll actually be able to trust politicians again? Ok, I know that is stretching it but one can hope.
It’s about damn time Congress began policing it’s own. It might take a while, but Nancy just might be able to steer Titanic around that iceburg instead of into it.
It’s just the beginning. Wait till we see what their going to do.