Meet the Honor Roll
We don’t ordinarily think of politicians as having particularly difficult jobs. And yet… well, I’ve met these people. They work 16 hour days, try valiantly to learn copious amounts of complex information, and have to deal with some of the worst people on this planet. Every 2 years (for the House of Representatives), they can be made unemployed. In exchange, if they’re very lucky, once every generation or so they get the chance to do something that will alter the course of American history. Last Sunday was that chance.
The men and women on the list below live in and represent districts that… usually vote for Republicans, or are only mildly Democratic. They are arranged in order of how Republican the district is. The politicians listed below took a real political risk to vote for a bill that will help millions of Americans live longer, healthier, lives.
So my question is, you who supported the bill, how much is that worth to you? Is it worth you giving $5 or $50 to one of these people as a “thank you”? Would you like to keep one of these people in congress so that they can vote for environmental regulations, or better labor laws? Maybe you don’t have any cash to spare. That’s fine. Pass the list around.
