It doesn't matter how much they send you of your own tax money, the increase in H2B Visas, the reduction in funding to ICE, the slush money payments aka Foreign Aid will end up in offshore accounts for Congressmen and women. Also, the massive slush funds sent to Smithsonian and the other aka "Arts" are money laundering ops as well. But hey, here's $2000 for you to shut up about it.
Congress vested responsibility for the administration of the Smithsonian in a 17-member Board of Regents.
As specified in the Smithsonian's charter, the Chief Justice of the United States and the Vice President of the United States are ex officio members of the Board, meaning that they serve as a duty of their office. The Chief Justice also serves as the Chancellor of the Smithsonian.
There are six congressional Regents: three Senators are appointed by the President pro tempore of the United States Senate and three Representatives are appointed by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Their terms on the Board coincide with their elected terms in Congress, and they may be reappointed to the Board if reelected.
Nine Regents are from the general public, two of whom must reside in the District of Columbia and seven of whom must be inhabitants of the 50 states (but no two from the same state). Each is nominated by the Board of Regents and appointed for a statutory term of six years by a Joint Resolution of the Congress, which is then signed into law by the President. In accordance with the Bylaws adopted by the Board of Regents in 1979, citizen members may not serve more than two successive terms.
It doesn't matter how much they send you of your own tax money, the increase in H2B Visas, the reduction in funding to ICE, the slush money payments aka Foreign Aid will end up in offshore accounts for Congressmen and women. Also, the massive slush funds sent to Smithsonian and the other aka "Arts" are money laundering ops as well. But hey, here's $2000 for you to shut up about it.
Research question of the day:
Who is on the board of the Smithsonian?
Uhm, is there literally any proof of any of that? I don't believe for one second that Mike Pence was involved in a money laundering operation.
From smithsonian website:
Members of the Board of Regents
Congress vested responsibility for the administration of the Smithsonian in a 17-member Board of Regents.
As specified in the Smithsonian's charter, the Chief Justice of the United States and the Vice President of the United States are ex officio members of the Board, meaning that they serve as a duty of their office. The Chief Justice also serves as the Chancellor of the Smithsonian.
There are six congressional Regents: three Senators are appointed by the President pro tempore of the United States Senate and three Representatives are appointed by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Their terms on the Board coincide with their elected terms in Congress, and they may be reappointed to the Board if reelected.
Nine Regents are from the general public, two of whom must reside in the District of Columbia and seven of whom must be inhabitants of the 50 states (but no two from the same state). Each is nominated by the Board of Regents and appointed for a statutory term of six years by a Joint Resolution of the Congress, which is then signed into law by the President. In accordance with the Bylaws adopted by the Board of Regents in 1979, citizen members may not serve more than two successive terms.