Why are presidents expected to work while campaigning when senators aren't?, page 1

Heck, Kerry/Edwards missed plenty of time even before campaigning, If I lived in Mass. or NC, I'd be pretty ticked that my senators had something better to do than represent me...

Maybe this would be a good time to remember Bob Dole, who resigned from the Senate when he undertook his bid for the white house (www.bobdole.org....

Maybe they want to make sure they're not among the unemployed, come November 3rd...

I have been asking this question for the last two months and even started a thread about it. I have not gotten a satisfactory answer.

Hopefully someone will be able to explain this because it really does anger me.

Here is a partial paste of an article with a link for the full story, about a lawsuit regarding Kerry's missed work:

www.talonnews.com...

Kerry earns $158,000 annually for his work in the U.S. Senate. But the secretary of the Senate is supposed to deduct a portion of his salary each time he fails to show up while the Senate is in session.

"Kerry has been a virtual no-show in the U.S. Senate over the past 14 months, but he hasn't missed a paycheck," the Boston Herald reported earlier this month. "[F]ederal law says some of his ... salary should have been withheld."

However, there are exceptions to this rule in the federal law.

A U.S. senator is permitted to be absent from his duties when there is a serious illness by the elected official or an immediate family member.

The law clearly states that if a senator fails to meet this requirement and is not present in the Senate chambers while it is in session, then a portion of his pay must be taken away from him.



Hope someone gets to the bottom of this. God knows any of us would lose our jobs or at LEAST have our pay docked if we pulled this! Interesting how the media totally ignores this about Kerry.

Jemison

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