Authorities Shutdown
30 Members Of Congress In Scotland On Our Dime!!!
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Over two dozen members of Congress are on an abroad journey throughout the federal government shutdown … and it is all being paid for by taxpayers whereas tons of federal staff go unpaid with hire due.
We have discovered a whopping 30 members of Congress are on a visit to Scotland proper now, and it is being funded with our tax {dollars} … regardless of the partial authorities shutdown triggered by Congress failing to do its job. Now all of them have bailed and are having fun with a 2-week Spring Break. Staff of FEMA, the Coast Guard, and different businesses will not be as fortunate — they’re worrying about placing meals on their desk and maintaining a roof over their heads.
BTW … members of Congress proceed to attract a paycheck, uninterrupted.
TMZ obtained pictures of Congress members on the Scotland journey, which included a cease at a vacationer scorching spot … Edinburgh Fortress. A big group of Congress members toured the fort.
Our pictures present Virginia Rep. John McGuire, Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden, North Carolina Rep. David Rouzer, New York Rep. Claudia Tenney, and Missouri Rep. Jason Smith.
Congress will not be alleged to take taxpayer-funded journeys like this throughout a authorities shutdown — or so we thought — but it surely seems like they’re getting round it as a result of this can be a partial shutdown. The way in which we see it, a shutdown is a shutdown.
We contacted reps for the Congress members we have seen in Scotland … and a spokesperson for Van Orden instructed us, “DVO is joining more than 30 other members of Congress on a delegation that was pre-approved by the House Ethics Committee months ago. The trip focuses on economic development, foreign partnerships, and business engagement, including meetings with members of Parliament and other international officials.”
Van Orden additionally instructed us he voted 4 instances to fund DHS. To that we are saying … it is not one celebration that’s at fault right here, it is BOTH, as a result of they can not compromise and subsequently do their job.
As , TMZ is on the hunt — internationally — for pictures and movies of members of Congress who’re taking journeys whereas hundreds of federal staff go unpaid … so for anybody in Scotland or elsewhere, ship us your pictures!!!
