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House GOP attempts to cut Buttigieg salary to $1 via spending bill

thehill.com House GOP attempts to cut Buttigieg salary to $1 via spending bill

House Republicans moved to reduce Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s salary to $1, as lawmakers debate spending bills ahead of the government funding deadline next week. The salary cut for B…

House Republicans moved to reduce Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s salary to $1, as lawmakers debate spending bills ahead of the government funding deadline next week.

The salary cut for Buttigieg was put forth by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and adopted by voice vote as an amendment to the 2024 Transpiration and Housing and Urban Development spending bill.

“Pete Buttigieg doesn’t do his job. It’s all about fake photo ops and taxpayer-funded private jet trip to accept LGBTQ awards for him,” Green posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “I’m happy my amendment passed, but he doesn’t deserve a single penny.”

The underlying bill needs to be approved by the full House and is unlikely to be approved by the Senate.

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Did Greene seriously call someone out for not doing their job?

Something something projection, something, confession.
The cognitive dissonance of this cunt....
worth noting that they did this but the still don't have a budget even though the government will shut down in about two weeks if they don't pass one, right before the holidays
(Cutting a public servant's salary just encourages them to get money from elsewhere, or encourages a government run by the generationally wealthy)
How does a loving god let people like MTG happen?
Counter with an amendment that also reduces Greene and co's salary to $1

Or to make a stronger point, make it 50% of their current salary so their supporters know how much money they make
We should have a law that says the representatives don't get paid if they shut the government down because they can't pass a CR.
There's already a mechanism for the House of Representatives to hold cabinet secretaries to account.

She'd have to read the US Constitution to know what I'm referring to, of course.
The howler monkeys in the GOP are as serious as ever.
Well I’m glad she said the quiet part out loud so that the hard-of-hearing bigots could pick up on the dog whistle. Very inclusive of her.
To what end? I'm pretty sure we need a fucking transport secretary what with interstate commerce not being restricted.
I want off Mr. bones wild ride.
Surely if they care about spending so much, they'd be willing to cut their own salary and benefits, right? I mean, I'm sure whatever payoffs they're getting more than outweight their salaries.
It’s worse

She celebrated this as her firing him (it’s not)

And claimed this would stop him from paying for private flights/security (he doesn’t, the government does)
I'd call Greene a fucking Harpy, but they at least did their job tormenting King Phineus
Warning: Clownwreck in Progress.

alarm sounds
Finally a bipartisan issue!

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