UPDATE: In a strange turn of events, most of the Colorado delegation has either asked that their pay be withheld during the government shutdown or plans to donate their salary to charity. Most, except for DeGette and Perlmutter. What is it with these two? They vote against a continuance of veterans benefits and then refuse to give up their own salary when they’re part of the reason for the government shutdown. Sheesh.
It used to be that veterans benefits were a given. The men and women who sacrificed so much for our country were a revered class of citizen. Their benefits just weren’t something legislators messed with. No more. Two of Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Representatives had the gall to vote against continuing funding of veterans benefits – Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Diana DeGette.
On October 1, the U.S. House voted on the “Honoring Our Promise to America’s Veterans Act” to continue veterans’ benefits despite the government shutdown. Just Perlmutter and DeGette voted no. Here is an excerpt of the House Joint Resolution they voted on:
“Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for veterans benefits for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101. (a) Amounts are provided for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division E of Public Law 113-6), to continue activities at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be continued through the date specified in section 103(3).”
Even Democratic Rep. Jared Polis voted yes. Rumor has it that DeGette is not well-liked among her peers in the U.S. House because she’s such an ideologue. Like always. Everyone else is commiserating and she’s pontificating. Don’t worry, DeGette and Perlmutter are in great company. Others who voted no include the divisive “genius” Sheila Jackson Lee and the fact-challenged, friend of frizz Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Kudos Reps. Perlmutter and DeGette. You’ve stood your ground – by harming men and women who sacrificed greatly so you could vote against them.
For those who served in uniform, I thank you for giving in order that those of us remaining citizens can live as Americans. I served as Law-Enforcement, staying awake so others can sleep.
Send them packing, without pension and without any other benefit that is not available to people who have to work for a living!
"…when they’re part of the reason for the government shutdown." Both the House and Senate are responsible for the shutdown. We need to vote all of them out of office and get people in who really represent us.
I think the reference is to her " FRIZZY " hair.
"Friend of frizz." I'm sorry, I don't speak sphincter. What is a "friend of frizz?"
This problem is fixable: vote them out of office. Yet some voters keep putting them back. We need term limits to help clear this flotsam out of Congress.
Colorado go fiqure.
Now your seeing what we have as representatives in Colorado. This is as frustrating as it can be! People in the rural areas seem to be the dividing line for "Big Politics", can't believe there is so much of a value difference in the big city and rural areas.
As I've been saying since the Gov't shut down, "We need to vote the Congress and Senate out of office starting with the next elections. They are only interested in feathering their own nests."
As an Army Veteran I have been highly disappointed by the way the current administration, congress, the house, and our own State politicians have been neglecting "We the People". This has been going on for too long and this country & state need an enema. Clear them all out and start over. Re-establish our Constitution, Country and State. We need to quit re-electing the folks who do not represent us and our interests. According to the Bill of Rights, Amendment X :The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. We need to abolish ACA, NDAA, and several other things. We also need to keep our parks and forests open, pay our Vets and quit letting the Federal "powers that be" rule us. They are employees of "We the People"!
This is why, being a Marine Vet from the Viet Nam era, I routinely advise young people to not enlist. This is not new, the US has been screwing vets since the Revolution. I was proud to serve, and owe more than I could repay, to the USMC. But this country has rarely done what they should for the people who put their lives on the line (and on hold, if they live). These two a–hats should never be in a position to put people in harms way. They do not have the right. Period.