...Chuck Shumer, of all people, but damn, does he have the right idea with this one.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frustrated by deadbeat foreign
diplomats, the U.S. Congress has voted to cut aid to their countries by
about the sum they owe in unpaid parking tickets in the United States.
At the urging of New York lawmakers, Congress tucked the measure -- to
cut aid to countries next year by 110 percent of the amount their
diplomats owe in parking tickets and penalties -- into the huge $388
billion spending bill lawmakers approved over the weekend. New York
City, which houses the United Nations, would stand to recover about
$195 million from about 200 countries, New York's senators said.

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