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(Author’s Note: Numerous people are sending this post around and many people are waking up to what is happening in our government. It is impossible to argue with the actual text of a bill that was passed by our non-reps showing the rape and pillage of average Americans.)
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No wonder congressmen and senators go over to the dark side once they hit the beltway. When these amounts of money are involved, average Americans could be considered dumbasses for working 40 hours a week for $30K annually.

H.R. 2918 was passed in the House on June 19th, 2009; is now on its way to the Senate, and considering on how many fronts we are trying to fight at the moment, I am not surprised that nobody is talking about this one. It’s one of those dry appropriations bills. I thought you might like to see some very interesting numbers. If what follows does not send everybody over the proverbial edge, I do not know what will; it explains why the Republicans are in league with the Dems and why we need to vote them all out and establish term limits.

I rarely put up a whole bill, but this one really deserves to be read and I have highlighted in blue and red the amounts appropriated and to whom in order for you to skim it, and because it is so unbelieveable. As always, bold and italics emphasis is mine. Once you get to the end, check out the link at the bottom.

Text of H.R. 2918: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 ($5,188,109,000.00 Billions – entire bill – if my math is correct. It also does NOT include the Senate.) Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I–LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Salaries and Expenses

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $1,375,200,000, as follows:

($3,161,379.31 per elected official (435) if my math is correct)

HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $25,881,000, including:

Office of the Speaker, $5,077,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; (Nancy Pelosi)

Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,530,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; (Steney Hoyer)

Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,565,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; (John Boehner)

Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $2,194,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; (James E. Clyburn/John Lewis)

Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,690,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; (Eric Cantor/Kevin McCarthy)

Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $517,000; (There is established in the House of Representatives an office to be known as the Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities. The Speaker shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for employees of the Office. The Office shall have the responsibility of assisting the Speaker in the management of legislative floor activity.)

Republican Steering Committee, $981,000; (Lead by John Boehner)

Republican Conference, $1,748,000; (The Republican Conference; The organizational body for all GOP Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the House Republican Conference is responsible for electing the House Republican leadership, approving GOP Member committee assignments, managing leadership-driven floor debates, and executing a communications strategy that is executed within the party and is conveyed to constituents through the media.

Republican Policy Committee, $362,000; (Tom Price)

Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,366,000; (Nancy Pelosi)

Democratic Caucus, $1,725,000;

nine minority employees, $1,552,000; ($172,444.45 each)

training and program development–majority, $290,000;

training and program development–minority, $290,000;

Cloakroom Personnel–majority, $497,000; and

Cloakroom Personnel–minority, $497,000.

Go here to read the rest.
You will not believe the rest of this bill that has now passed both the House and the Senate.