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House members unhappy . . .
« on: December 17, 2010, 05:23:01 PM »
. . . that they have to work next week:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/17/hoyer-pushes-for-short-term-spending-bill/?hpt=T2

I have mixed feelings about this.  I have to work next week.  Most of my friends have to work next week.  Why should House Congresscritters get the time off?

On the other hand, they'll do less damage to the nation if they're not in session.
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2010, 06:21:52 AM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on December 17, 2010, 05:23:01 PM
. . . that they have to work next week:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/17/hoyer-pushes-for-short-term-spending-bill/?hpt=T2

I have mixed feelings about this.  I have to work next week.  Most of my friends have to work next week.  Why should House Congresscritters get the time off?

On the other hand, they'll do less damage to the nation if they're not in session.


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I'm working nights next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, on my regular schedule.  My first actual Christmas off (as in, Eve and Day both) in 3 years, IIRC - and out of the last ten years, I've spent 6 or 7 working at least Christmas Eve or Day, if not both (which I did 3 times in that timeframe) - and then we can talk about the six years I spent in the Navy.  Policritters complaining because they don't get schoolkid-type Christmas-week vacations?  Boo-frickin'-hoo. :mad:
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2010, 07:17:15 AM »
Boo-frickin'-hoo, indeed. This year I'm working the 24th-26th and the 31st-2nd. For the past 8 years I've worked better than 80% of the common holidays. This kind of crap just annoys me more than anything else.
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2010, 09:10:30 AM »
<I keep looking around for some sympathy and none is found.  I know I had some here just a minute ago.  Wonder where it went.>

I've worked Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years for the past 3 years.  I'm off for all three this year. 

That said, it is better they go home because of the damage they have done and could do if left unattended.
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2010, 11:05:57 AM »
You call that "work?"

Only in the New America is concerted destructiveness called work.
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2010, 11:14:55 AM »
They should just be glad that they have paying jobs  ;/
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2010, 11:17:12 AM »
I'm more concerned about the kind of "work" they're doing....the next Congress will have to spend their first six months repealing all this crap...  :facepalm:
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2010, 01:09:02 PM »
Boo fricken who is absolutely the right thing to say!

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and then we can talk about the six years I spent in the Navy.  Policritters complaining because they don't get schoolkid-type Christmas-week vacations?  Boo-frickin'-hoo. 
 

Nobody forced them to run for Congress and more importantly, nobody forced them to not pass a spending bill long before this.  Sounds like they did this to themselves.
 
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2010, 04:33:54 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on December 18, 2010, 11:17:12 AM
<snip>....the next Congress will have to spend their first six months repealing all this crap...  :facepalm:

T'wer me, I wouldn't get my hopes up about any repeals.  I really don't expect any.
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2010, 05:57:22 PM »
Quote from: RocketMan on December 18, 2010, 04:33:54 PM
T'wer me, I wouldn't get my hopes up about any repeals.  I really don't expect any.

...then maybe we should start repealing those congresscritters....
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2010, 06:07:27 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on December 18, 2010, 05:57:22 PM
...then maybe we should start repealing those congresscritters....

Maybe, but Obama is still the president, and not much can be repealed over a presidential veto in six months. And don't forget that the Senatorial house-cleaning has not taken place yet.
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Re: House members unhappy . . .
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2010, 08:41:55 PM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on December 17, 2010, 05:23:01 PM
I have mixed feelings about this.  I have to work next week.  Most of my friends have to work next week.  Why should House Congresscritters get the time off?

On the other hand, they'll do less damage to the nation if they're not in session.

I'd be happy if they were paid never to show up for a single day.
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