We get paid to do this work, and fellow senators need to do their jobs.
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Most senators are just going to work and trying to do a job.
Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.
What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge.
If you don't want to do your job as a U.S. Senator, then please resign your seat and stop taking taxpayer money for a job you're not doing anymore.
This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together.
Here's where I'm different from a senator. We pass continuing resolutions. We pass appropriations bills.
The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why.
If you want a senator who'll partner with the president to do what's best for the nation, I'm your guy.
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