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Cassidy still pushing EGO Act

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has hit the ground running with some very important legislation that undertakes the people’s business and addresses the scourge of privilege in our nation’s capital.

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U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, fresh off his resounding defeat of Mary Landrieu in last year’s runoff, has hit the ground running with some very important legislation that undertakes the people’s business and addresses the scourge of privilege in our nation’s capital: barring the president and other high Beltway muckety-mucks from having their portraits painted in oil. Latex is OK. Oil is bad.

Cassidy tells The Washington Times that such portraits can cost upwards of $40,000. “When America is trillions of dollars in debt, we should take every reasonable measure to reduce the burden passed on to our children and grandchildren,” he tells the DC newspaper. “Tax dollars should go to building roads and improving schools — not oil paintings that very few people ever see or care about. Congress has passed the EGO Act before, let’s pass it again.”

In fact, as a Congressman last year Cassidy pushed the same bill, known as the EGO — Eliminating Government-Funded Oil-Painting — Act. If being a senator doesn’t work out, we suggest Cassidy apply for work in FAD, the Federal Acronyms Department.