Democracy for Vancouver

Last time I checked, our service members in Iraq were putting in more than a 5-day work week, but that’s too much for the do-nothing 109th Republican led Congress:

“I have bad news for you,” Hoyer told reporters. “Those trips you had planned in January, forget ‘em. We will be working almost every day in January, starting with the 4th.”

The reporters groaned. “I know, it’s awful, isn’t it?” Hoyer empathized.

For lawmakers, it is awful, compared with what they have come to expect. For much of this election year, the legislative week started late Tuesday and ended by Thursday afternoon — and that was during the relatively few weeks the House wasn’t in recess.

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“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.”

Ah yes, but what about the families and marital bliss of our service members in Iraq? And the reporters will now actually have to cover a 5-day a week beat rather than the 2-3 days and out Republican work load.

Switching on today’s C-SPAN coverage of House proceedings, we see that the Republicans are pushing forth a resolution condemning some small town in France for naming a street after Mumia Abu Jamal. As masters of the trivial, Republicans are sparing no effort in continuing the tradition of this do-nothing congress.

Keep fighting the power, House Republicans, some day the injustice of the 5-day work week will exposed!