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Clearly a nutcase!
I heard rumor that he and AOC are starting a new blog called "LEFT... RIGHT, BUT NO MIDDLE. They are using Jimmy Buffet's "FINS" as their theme song.
How dare he show up on the House floor when he's cleared out his offices weeks ago!
I am puzzled that he can continue being paid by taxpayers when evidently, his offices have been closed. Is there no oversight on things like this? I guess he considers speeches like this as part of his job.
Ok I lied. I have more to say. It was making me a bit nuts to think the jerk would be getting a congressional pension for his lack of service but it seems that is not the case. I have not checked this out for accuracy - just hoping it's right.
"Question: Will Congressman Madison Cawthorn receive a pension for his two years in Congress, and if so how much per year? Inquiring minds want to know.
My answer: No, but he will get a souvenir mix tape of his most embarrassing moments. It’s about six hours long.
Real answer: As Cawthorn will be a one-term member of the House of Representatives — at least for now — it looks like we won’t have to support him with a pension.
The Congressional Research Service notes that members of Congress can receive such perks from the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, or the Civil Service Retirement System, but with a caveat.
“The vesting requirement to become entitled to a pension benefit under CSRS or FERS is five years,” the Congressional Research Service states on its website. “Members who do not meet this five-year requirement — for instance, one-term members in the U.S. House of Representatives — are not entitled to an annuity under CSRS or FERS.”
The service notes that a one-termer with less than five years service could meet the vesting requirement “as a result of combining previous federal service or additional federal service subsequent to service as a member.” Cawthorn did work for former Congressman Mark Meadows, but it was a year and a half long stint, so he hasn’t reached the five-year threshold."
--- John Boyle at AVLWATCHDOG
Ok I lied. I have more to say. It was making me a bit nuts to think the jerk would be getting a congressional pension for his lack of service but it seems that is not the case. I have not checked this out for accuracy - just hoping it's right.
"Question: Will Congressman Madison Cawthorn receive a pension for his two years in Congress, and if so how much per year? Inquiring minds want to know.
My answer: No, but he will get a souvenir mix tape of his most embarrassing moments. It’s about six hours long. And that's the edited version.
Real answer: As Cawthorn will be a one-term member of the House of Representatives — at least for now — it looks like we won’t have to support him with a pension.
The Congressional Research Service notes that members of Congress can receive such perks from the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, or the Civil Service Retirement System, but with a caveat.
“The vesting requirement to become entitled to a pension benefit under CSRS or FERS is five years,” the Congressional Research Service states on its website. “Members who do not meet this five-year requirement — for instance, one-term members in the U.S. House of Representatives — are not entitled to an annuity under CSRS or FERS.”
The service notes that a one-termer with less than five years service could meet the vesting requirement “as a result of combining previous federal service or additional federal service subsequent to service as a member.” Cawthorn did work for former Congressman Mark Meadows, but it was a year and a half long stint, so he hasn’t reached the five-year threshold."
--- John Boyle at AVLWATCHDOG
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