Aren't you glad that they can vote for their own pay raises?

"The Senate voted 72-25 to pass a resolution condemning a MoveOn.org ad that referred to Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, as 'Gen. Betray Us.' The liberal group's full-page ad appeared last week in The New York Times. "

In the venerable halls of Congress the distinguished Senators of our country are completely wasting our time. Why debate silly issues like immigration policy or the war in Iraq when time can be spent attacking the point of view of a ridiculously partisan organization of rabble-rousers?

Meanwhile, state and local governments are busy doing the work of the US Congress.