Congress to Work 5 Days a Week

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  • enharmonic
    enharmonic Posts: 1,917
    What about the soldiers who are working 24 hours a day for years at a time in Iraq and Afghanistan?

    Jack Kingston can blow me.
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    flywallyfly wrote:
    "Keeping us up here eats away at families," said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who typically flies home on Thursdays and returns to Washington on Tuesdays. "Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families -- that's what this says."

    This is even better than a Dubya quote. I want to hear more!
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    desandrews wrote:
    "Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families -- that's what this says."


    This statement is retarded. That's just making yourself look like an ass.

    However, the statement that follows it (Time away from Washington is just as important to being an effective member of Congress as time spent in the Capitol, Kingston added. "When I'm here, people call me Mr. Congressman. When I'm home, people call me 'Jack, you stupid SOB, why did you vote that way?' It keeps me grounded.") is, I think, very plausible. The Congress is elected to serve their constituents back home right? Everyone assumes that work is ONLY done is DC, that's crap. If I were a Congressperson I'd want to spend as much time at home as possible so I stay true to my constituents and have an opportunity to work at home finding out what it is they want out of me. I don't see how DC=Work is the only possibility.

    Now, I'm not saying they should have 6 days off for Memorial Day etc, but I don't for a second believe that they only work when they're in DC. Don't they have offices in their district?

    Very good point. Constituent affairs is just as, if not more important, than any change in the House rules that they could be voting on for the 80th time.

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