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<DIV><FONT size=5 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I don't have enough money left for this Congress to stay in session. My wallet has been </FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">unequivocally violated and will be filing rape charges. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold <BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 2/21/11, Tom Hansen <I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest: V-Peeps<BR>To: "Laurene Sorensen" <laurenesorensen@gmail.com>, "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Monday, February 21, 2011, 3:49 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>I have absolutely no problem with members of congress tending to their<BR>constituents (in fact, I encourage it). My problem has to do with (as I<BR>mentioned in my initial posting on this thread) . . .<BR><BR>In the absence of an approved federal budget by March 4<SPAN>th</SPAN>, the federal<BR>government will shut down.<BR><BR>The Congress is currently scheduled to reconvene on February 28th, four<BR>days (ninety-six hours) before an unavoidable government shutdown (barring<BR>an approved budget). The budget approved by the House still has to be<BR>passed by the Senate, something that is not likely to happen.<BR><BR>In the meantime, there are families who rely (to some healthy degree) on<BR>social security and/or Medicare.<BR><BR>And here's a thought: Who's going to tell the spouse (with children) of a<BR>military service member (who is serving overseas) that (s)he will just<BR>have to wait a while for
payday?<BR><BR>Congress can wait until after March 4th to break bread with their<BR>constituents, ok?<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR><BR>On Mon, February 21, 2011 3:31 pm, Laurene Sorensen wrote:<BR>> I strongly agree with Ken. My father was in Congress for 28 years and<BR>> during most legislative recesses he went to work each weekday at his<BR>> in-district office. On weekends he attended many functions where he<BR>> interacted with his constitutents and ate a lot of pot roast, macaroni,<BR>> and chicken (depending on the ethnicity of the neighborhood). Even on<BR>> family outings and dates with Mom, he had to be "on" at a moment's<BR>> notice. There were certainly family vacations during school breaks, but<BR>> mostly "recess" meant face time.<BR>> Laurene Sorensen<BR>><BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step
Internet,<BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A><BR>> mailto:<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> =======================================================<BR>><BR><BR><BR>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR><BR>- Unknown<BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A>
<BR> mailto:<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>=======================================================<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>