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butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: Future Bright For Ex-Members of Congress |
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WASHINGTON --They lost their House and Senate seats, in some cases after keeping them warm for three decades. Others up and left on their own. But do not feel too sorry for some of these soon-to-be former lawmakers.
The future is bright for ex-members of Congress. No welfare cheese for them and little if any time among the ranks of the unemployed.
Some already have settled on new careers. Or old ones, as the case may be.
"I'll probably go home and drive a truck for a couple of weeks to get centered again," Rep. Mike Sodrel, R-Ind., a 60-year-old freshman who was defeated, said in an interview.
During the campaign that got him elected in 2004, Sodrel, a millionaire who owns three trucking and bus companies, cruised around southeastern Indiana in his own 18-wheeler.
Last month, he lost to Baron Hill, the Democratic congressman he beat two years ago.
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, the House Science Committee chairman, is joining the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. The longest-serving New York Republican in Congress, Boehlert quit after 24 years.
Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, sent packing after 30 years, is sifting through offers from prestigious East Coast universities -- Georgetown, Harvard and Princeton among them -- as well as schools in his Midwestern home state.
Defeated GOP Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio is talking to universities about teaching and law firms about legal work as he prepares to re-enter private life for the first time in 30 years.
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Andy51
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
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Location: Washington state
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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This is why they are so out of touch with the rest of America. They are "millionars", they don't worry about the same things the average American does, like paying the bills, sending their kids of college, energy prices, etc. They live in a different world than the rest of us do, and it is the reason why we are in such a mess nowdays.
I think it's time we get some "real" people into office who know what it's like out in the "real world", and not a bunch of bought and paid for millionares, who want to be "billionares" running this country!
Take care.
Andy |
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butterbean
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy51 wrote: | This is why they are so out of touch with the rest of America. They are "millionars", they don't worry about the same things the average American does, like paying the bills, sending their kids of college, energy prices, etc. They live in a different world than the rest of us do, and it is the reason why we are in such a mess nowdays.
I think it's time we get some "real" people into office who know what it's like out in the "real world", and not a bunch of bought and paid for millionares, who want to be "billionares" running this country!
Take care.
Andy |
 I agree. They DO live in a whole different world than most of us. They have so much money, that they never even have to work. But when a millionaire has that much money, they get GREEDY, and want more. They also like the POWER, and money buys power. |
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