In a Swipe at Rivals, Jeb Bush Proposes to Dock Pay for Absentee Lawmakers
Conveniently, the most vulnerable target is Bush's home state presidential rival Marco Rubio.
Republican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush participated in 4th of July Parade on July 4, 2015 in Amherst, New Hampshire.
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Jeb Bush proposal Monday "to dock pay of absentee members" of Congress amounted to a crafty swipe at his Republican presidential rivals, most notably his "good friend," Senator Marco Rubio.
"Consider a pattern in Congress of members who sometimes seem to regard attendance and voting as optional, something to do as time permits," the former Florida governor said during a speech in Tallahassee taking aim at institutional Washington. "And if it's an incentive they need, how about the one that pretty much every worker in America has in their job? If you don't show up, you don't get paid for the time that you miss."