FREEBIRD
03-22-04, 07:12 AM
From: "ConservativeAlerts.com"
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:52:24 -0800
When it comes to Senator John "Flip-Flop" Kerry (D-MA),
the Secretary of the Senate refuses to enforce the law:
http://www.conservative.org/lawsuit/
So now, the American Conservative Union (ACU) -- the
nation's oldest conservative lobbying organization -- is
going to court, with a lawsuit to compel the Senate to
enforce the laws of the land.
Here are the facts: in 2003 Sen. John Kerry missed 292
votes, or 64 percent of the votes in the Senate. This year
he has missed ALL of the first 22 Senate votes... until
he rushed back to Washington at the behest of the gun
control crowd to cast votes for a series of anti-Second
Amendment measures.
In fact, according to the Boston Herald (3/1/04), "Kerry
has been a virtual no-show in the U.S. Senate over the past
14 months, but he hasn't missed a paycheck," even though
"federal law says some of his $158,000 salary should have
been withheld."
U.S. Code allows a Senator to be absent from the Senate
ONLY because of serious illness or illness in an immediate
family member. Under the law, if a Senator is absent while
the Senate in session, his pay MUST be docked for every
day he is AWOL.
But the Secretary of the Senate REFUSES to dock Sen.
Kerry's pay for the days he is absent running for President.
In fact, in response to ACU's letter demanding that she
enforce the law, the Senate Secretary said that, because
her predecessors had failed to enforce the law, she wouldn't
enforce it either!
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. In response, the ACU is preparing to
file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to compel the
Secretary of the Senate to enforce the law and dock the
AWOL John Kerry's pay. The ACU's lawyers say they have an
excellent chance of success in court.
But this action will be expensive. It could cost as much
as $20,000 OR MORE to prepare the case and plead it in
court, money the ACU has not budgeted for 2004.
Let her know what you think of her refusal to enforce
the law against Sen. Kerry. Be sure to forward this Alert
to everyone you know who wants to see JUSTICE applied to
John Kerry's AWOL behavior in the U.S. Senate. Thank you!
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:52:24 -0800
When it comes to Senator John "Flip-Flop" Kerry (D-MA),
the Secretary of the Senate refuses to enforce the law:
http://www.conservative.org/lawsuit/
So now, the American Conservative Union (ACU) -- the
nation's oldest conservative lobbying organization -- is
going to court, with a lawsuit to compel the Senate to
enforce the laws of the land.
Here are the facts: in 2003 Sen. John Kerry missed 292
votes, or 64 percent of the votes in the Senate. This year
he has missed ALL of the first 22 Senate votes... until
he rushed back to Washington at the behest of the gun
control crowd to cast votes for a series of anti-Second
Amendment measures.
In fact, according to the Boston Herald (3/1/04), "Kerry
has been a virtual no-show in the U.S. Senate over the past
14 months, but he hasn't missed a paycheck," even though
"federal law says some of his $158,000 salary should have
been withheld."
U.S. Code allows a Senator to be absent from the Senate
ONLY because of serious illness or illness in an immediate
family member. Under the law, if a Senator is absent while
the Senate in session, his pay MUST be docked for every
day he is AWOL.
But the Secretary of the Senate REFUSES to dock Sen.
Kerry's pay for the days he is absent running for President.
In fact, in response to ACU's letter demanding that she
enforce the law, the Senate Secretary said that, because
her predecessors had failed to enforce the law, she wouldn't
enforce it either!
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. In response, the ACU is preparing to
file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to compel the
Secretary of the Senate to enforce the law and dock the
AWOL John Kerry's pay. The ACU's lawyers say they have an
excellent chance of success in court.
But this action will be expensive. It could cost as much
as $20,000 OR MORE to prepare the case and plead it in
court, money the ACU has not budgeted for 2004.
Let her know what you think of her refusal to enforce
the law against Sen. Kerry. Be sure to forward this Alert
to everyone you know who wants to see JUSTICE applied to
John Kerry's AWOL behavior in the U.S. Senate. Thank you!