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		<title>Taxpayers fund more than $200,000 in bonuses for congressional staffers of the VT delegation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Korbe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal employee compensation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Must be nice.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/16/taxpayers-fund-more-than-200000-in-bonuses-for-congressional-staffers-of-the-vt-delegation/"><img src="http://media.hotair.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Vermont-Delegation.jpg" /></a></p><p>Must be nice.</p>
<hr /><p>Why not a membership to the jelly-of-the-month club? After all, that&#8217;s &#8220;the gift that keeps on giving!&#8221; But, no, nothing so affordable for the members of the staffs of three Vermont congressmen: As demands for fiscal austerity dominated debate in Washington, Vermont’s three congressional lawmakers gave their staffers a combined $236,830 in bonuses last year. &#8230; [...]</p>
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