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David S asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Who was the Congressman or Senator that said to the Town Hall Meeting --?

Who was the Congressman or Senator that basically said to the Town Hall Meeting that they were not being paid extra for coming back to his district and that he didn't have to answer the voters questions ( Not word for word, but what he said was worse)?

I heard it on the radio yesterday, but didn't catch who it was.

Update:

Thanks SmoothB

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  • 1 decade ago

    Specter

    When he says that I’m tramping on constitutional rights, I have to disagree with him,” said the senator, who switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party this year. “I’m encouraging constitutional rights. I’m encouraging constitutional rights by coming to Lebanon [Pa.] to talk to my constituents. I could be somewhere else. I don’t get [any] extra pay. I don’t have any requirement to be here.”

    But Specter’s assertion that he was not required to attend the town hall was not received so well.

    “You work for us!” shouted several members of the crowd. “You work for us!”

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26013.ht...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Probably Specter?

  • 1 decade ago

    Sen. Specter - Penn

    That got quite a rise out of his constituents - it was actually pretty funny.

  • Daniel
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I think it was Dick Cheney in 2007 when people said america was against the Iraq war and he said "so", so I say "so" to all republicans today as they realize in bigger numbers they have no power and I do not know that persons name.

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