Early leave for some senators

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Wednesday November 26, 2008 · 7:05 AM PST

2008/11/26 · 07:05

The Denver Post has an article up about some retiring senators, including Colorado's Wayne Allard, no longer accepting correspondence from their constituents as they prepare to transition to their incoming replacements.

There's a nice little paragraph in the article about why this is perhaps problematic:

Departing members of Congress are officially on duty until January, when the new Congress is sworn in. The paychecks keep coming until then too.

Ken Salazar's support of Joe Lieberman

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Tuesday November 25, 2008 · 10:22 AM PST

2008/11/25 · 10:22

The response I received from Sen. Ken Salazar after contacting his office regarding the then-pending caucus vote for Joe Lieberman's chairmanship of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:

Dear Friend:

Thank you for your e-mail message. Hearing from Coloradans is important to me. I will respond to your concerns in the near future. If you need assistance from my office or if you need help dealing with a federal agency, please use the link below to access our casework form. If you are not a Colorado resident, I encourage you to contact the U.S. Senators from your state directly.

Once again, thank you for contacting me.

Eleven days later and no word from Salazar regarding his defense of Lieberman's chairmanship. It's more than obvious how he voted, but as a constituent, I feel I'm owed some explanation/justification for it.

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