Re: What are we paying them to do?

LMMOld Faithful

I want this work schedule. Days listed are DAYS THEY DO NOT MEET!!!!!!!

Tentative 2009 Legislative Schedule

111th Congress, 1st Session

The tentative schedule for 2009 has been announced. The list below identifies non-legislative periods (days that the Senate will not be in session). The schedule is also available in calendar format (pdf image). The 2008 tentative schedule is still available.
Date Action Note
Jan 6 Convene
Jan 8 Electoral ballot count.
Jan 19 State Work Period Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Jan 20 Presidential inauguration
Feb 16-20 State Work Period President's Day
Apr 6-17 State Work Period Easter. Passover begins at sundown Apr 8.
May 25-29 State Work Period Memorial Day
Jun 29-Jul 3 State Work Period Independence Day
Aug 10-Sep 7 State Work Period Labor Day- Sep 7
TBD Target Adjournment Date

1/5/091:47 PM

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zippadeedoodahOld Faithful

The fewer days they are in session, the less they can screw up. It's sort of like a sweetheart union or Chicago political job...pay them to stay away from work.

1/5/092:10 PM

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Howard RoarkOld Faithful

The less time they meet, the less harm they can do.

"Let loose the dogs, arm yourselves, and lock up the women and girls. For Congress is in session and nothing is safe!"

1/5/092:25 PM

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Just_Old Faithful

1/5/093:28 PM

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LMMOld Faithful

I agree with all of the above, but can we pay them only on the days they show up for work?
That would cut the government budget by 2/3.

1/5/094:07 PM

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SHELDIVRPost Master

In Private Sector jobs, you are evaluated for the quality and quantity of your work and paid accordingly....couldn't we just vote this in for congress?

1/5/095:09 PM

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AlabamaSonHall of Famer

First you would have to define the word "work" for them. I'm not sure anybody in Washington, DC understands "work". They definitely understand "pay" and "benefits." I also think they have a definition for "sex" but it doesn't match ours. It is all a matter of "pay me so I can go back home and get elected to get paid again."

Edit: I had to take out the word "work" in my last sentence. They don't understand it.

1/5/098:59 PM

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Ed@BamaHall of Famer

Maybe I'm just reading this wrong (and I'm sure, if I am, someone will be delighted to jump down my throat), but it seems to me like the days listed here are the days they're away doing "state" work, and the rest of the time they're in session.

1/5/0910:18 PM

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LMMOld Faithful

No Ed, you are reading it correctly, except the 'state work' just means they are going home looking for votes for next time.
It means they are not in session in Congress voting or debating anything.

1/5/0911:15 PM

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Ed@BamaHall of Famer

So, four days a month, through August, they're scheduled to be in their home states.

This is somehow bad?

Mind you, I ain't defending congresscritters by any stretch, but I just don't see what the hullabaloo is all about.

1/6/099:48 AM

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zippadeedoodahOld Faithful

quote:
Originally posted by Ed@Bama:
So, four days a month, through August, they're scheduled to be in their home states.

This is somehow bad?

Mind you, I ain't defending congresscritters by any stretch, but I just don't see what the hullabaloo is all about.

Note that all the "state work" is around major holidays. How much "state work" would you imagine will get done during that period? It's simply a way to fly congresscritters home, on the taxpayer's dime, to spend a long weekend.

1/6/0910:01 AM

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