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Agreed to up their pay from 70,000 to 81,000. At 2 a.m so people would not find out.
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Gene finds out and puts a giant pink pig outside the capitol as a form of protest.
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Governor Rendell signed a repeal of the pay raise after a near unanimous vote was taken.
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Despite the repeal, a total of 17 legislators were defeated in the 2006 primary elections including Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer and Senate Majority Leader David J. Brightbill. They were the first top-ranking Pennsylvania legislative leaders to lose a primary election since 1964.
