WashingtonWatch.com Digest – December 22, 2008
Posted by Jim Harper, December 22, 2008 at 10:00 am
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The U.S. import tariff on Christmas lights stands at 5.8%, causing Americans to spend $32,000 more on Christmas lights each year than necessary. It’s a policy “on the wrong side of Santa Claus,” says the WashingtonWatch.com blog in a post entitled “Dreams of a Well-Lit Christmas.”
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Despite the flagging economy and a huge projected budget imbalance, Members of Congress will receive an automatic $4,700 pay increase in 2009.
H.R. 5087 would prevent Members of Congress from receiving that automatic pay hike, but it did not advance through Congress. When the 110th Congress officially adjourns, the bill will officially die.
H.R. 5087
To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2009
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