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Republicans, some of whom are threatening to shut down the government over excessive spending, ditched their identification pins a year early and bought new ones in different colors.
Representative Sean Casten, Democrat of Illinois, took to social media to offer an explanation for the new accessories.
“Today we’re getting a new pin, half way through the term because the @HouseGOP didn’t like the color,” he wrote on social media.
A spokesman for Speaker Mike Johnson did not immediately provide further explanation in response to a request for comment.
At the start of every new Congress, each member of the House is issued a circular pin that identifies them as a lawmaker, signaling to security officials on Capitol Hill that they are permitted to enter restricted spaces, including the House floor. The background color and the number of the congressional session changes every two years, but the design rarely does; it bears the Great Seal of the United States, an eagle with outstretched wings bearing an olive branch in one talon and arrows in the other.
But on Wednesday, during Congress’s first working week of the year, members lined up in the speaker’s lobby outside the House chamber to retire their bright green pins for new navy-and-gold ones.
www.nytimes.com
So, all the talk from Republicans about curbing spending is just that...talk. When it comes to vanity items, they will line up to spend like there is no tomorrow.
Representative Sean Casten, Democrat of Illinois, took to social media to offer an explanation for the new accessories.
“Today we’re getting a new pin, half way through the term because the @HouseGOP didn’t like the color,” he wrote on social media.
A spokesman for Speaker Mike Johnson did not immediately provide further explanation in response to a request for comment.
At the start of every new Congress, each member of the House is issued a circular pin that identifies them as a lawmaker, signaling to security officials on Capitol Hill that they are permitted to enter restricted spaces, including the House floor. The background color and the number of the congressional session changes every two years, but the design rarely does; it bears the Great Seal of the United States, an eagle with outstretched wings bearing an olive branch in one talon and arrows in the other.
But on Wednesday, during Congress’s first working week of the year, members lined up in the speaker’s lobby outside the House chamber to retire their bright green pins for new navy-and-gold ones.
House Spends $40,000 on New Member Pins as Republicans Fume Over Spending
Republicans, some of whom are threatening to shut down the government over excessive spending, ditched their identification pins a year early and bought new ones in different colors.
So, all the talk from Republicans about curbing spending is just that...talk. When it comes to vanity items, they will line up to spend like there is no tomorrow.
