Rep. Steny Hoyer, the incoming Democratic Majority Leader, ain’t family friendly according to certain lazy GOP fuck-wits.
Sorry, the venom came out early.
See, Steny sets the schedule for the House, and he’s decided that the 110th Congress needs to meet 5 days a week, you know, as if what they are doing is a job, in order to get things done. I guess there are issues to address, or something.
Here’s the quote from Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Slacker) (who flies home on Thursdays, and returns to congress on Tuesdays, which means that he “works” - 3 days a week) that made me go cross-eyed.
"Keeping us up here eats away at families. Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families -- that's what this says."
Really? I mean REALLY? Well, if that’s the case then I want my own three day work week and a six figure income, federally funded transportation, full health insurance, and that spiffy congressional retirement package, so that I can work on MY family. Now I know why I’ve been single so long. I’ve not had the time, what with working 5 days a week, to devote to family. Hell, if Jack could get me the pay and benefits he enjoys for only working 3 days a week, I might even become a Republican. But since he won’t do that, I guess I’ll keep working 5 days a week . . . a be a Socialist.
The article points out that the 109th Congress has met three fewer days that the “Do-Nothing Congress” of 1948 that pissed off Harry Truman. The House, under GOP leadership worked a total of 103 days.
103
Let’s see, I worked roughly five days a week all year, that means I worked - and so did most “average” Americans - about 260 days this year.
One Republican Roy Blunt (R-Fuckwit) put it this way (another quote from the article linked to above):
"They've got a lot more freshmen then we do. That schedule will make it incredibly difficult for those freshmen to establish themselves in their districts. So we're all for it."
I think that a bunch of freshman congress members who show up to work and get something done about the budget, the economy, Iraq, the environment, healthcare, minimum wage, GOP corruption, etc. will establish themselves just fine in their districts. They’ll be able to return home with a list of accomplishments.
Results are good. We like results. And since my taxes pay these asshole’s salaries (I mean you Sam Brownback (R-Shitstick) I expect you to work as hard as I do. Obviously, though, you’ve got way to much time on your hands judging by your fabulous imagination).
Sorry, the venom came out early.
See, Steny sets the schedule for the House, and he’s decided that the 110th Congress needs to meet 5 days a week, you know, as if what they are doing is a job, in order to get things done. I guess there are issues to address, or something.
Here’s the quote from Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Slacker) (who flies home on Thursdays, and returns to congress on Tuesdays, which means that he “works” - 3 days a week) that made me go cross-eyed.
"Keeping us up here eats away at families. Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families -- that's what this says."
Really? I mean REALLY? Well, if that’s the case then I want my own three day work week and a six figure income, federally funded transportation, full health insurance, and that spiffy congressional retirement package, so that I can work on MY family. Now I know why I’ve been single so long. I’ve not had the time, what with working 5 days a week, to devote to family. Hell, if Jack could get me the pay and benefits he enjoys for only working 3 days a week, I might even become a Republican. But since he won’t do that, I guess I’ll keep working 5 days a week . . . a be a Socialist.
The article points out that the 109th Congress has met three fewer days that the “Do-Nothing Congress” of 1948 that pissed off Harry Truman. The House, under GOP leadership worked a total of 103 days.
103
Let’s see, I worked roughly five days a week all year, that means I worked - and so did most “average” Americans - about 260 days this year.
One Republican Roy Blunt (R-Fuckwit) put it this way (another quote from the article linked to above):
"They've got a lot more freshmen then we do. That schedule will make it incredibly difficult for those freshmen to establish themselves in their districts. So we're all for it."
I think that a bunch of freshman congress members who show up to work and get something done about the budget, the economy, Iraq, the environment, healthcare, minimum wage, GOP corruption, etc. will establish themselves just fine in their districts. They’ll be able to return home with a list of accomplishments.
Results are good. We like results. And since my taxes pay these asshole’s salaries (I mean you Sam Brownback (R-Shitstick) I expect you to work as hard as I do. Obviously, though, you’ve got way to much time on your hands judging by your fabulous imagination).
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my layman knowledge was they did not work 5 days a week because they need to have a minimum no. of meetings with the members of the area they represent in the parliment.
Neha, Nope, not in the American System. It sounds like a good idea, but it's not how it works in America. here, our politicians only pay attention to the people who voted for them in election years. Or if you happen to be rich enough to buy a few minutes of their time.
Thank you. I needed a morning cup of bitter. This was very nice.
Making us work 5 days awake is eating at our families: from the same people who brought you, if you don't believe in the war on terror, then you're a terrorist.
Seriously, what Bizarro universe school of logic do Republicans get sent to?
oh polititians are pathetic everywhere - there are always loop holes. i was talking on the same topic to a friend who suggested i go back and read gulliver's travels and watch yes minister.
ps: does everyone have to write the word verification twice?
pps: or more?
neha
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