It has nothing to do with any real piece of legislation, but lots of email-forwarding Americans are all fired up about something called the Congressional Reform Act of 2011, an anonymous proposal to "fix" Congress that supposedly has the support of billionaire businessman Warren Buffett — though odds are he's never even heard of the thing. Read more...
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“Even if it were, what are the chances members of Congress would vote to eliminate perks and jeopardize their own job security?”
This is not an ERROR in the Congressional Reform Act.. To respond to this quote. Congress is in place to make the decisions that reflect what the people want. If the people want this Act it will be implemented. Isn’t that the way its supposed to work? No member of congress will be forced to stay in office if they do not like the changes made if this Act were to pass.