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Home Front: Politix

Culture Shock on Capitol Hill: House to Work 5 Days a Week

2006-12-07

Forget the minimum wage. Or outsourcing jobs overseas. The labor issue most on the minds of members of Congress yesterday was their own: They will have to work five days a week starting in January.

The horror.

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, the Maryland Democrat who will become House majority leader and is writing the schedule for the next Congress, said members should expect longer hours than the brief week they have grown accustomed to. "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."

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#5 At first, I was thinkin' this was a good thing (drive down their "pay"/hour of "work"). But, then I realized, I'd prefer them to not "work" at all, and keep their grubby paws off my money and out of my life. Get ready for even more legislation for the chilluns(tm), Mother Earth(tm), the "Gay Rights" agenda-pushers, and, in general, ALL of the lobbyists inside the beltway selling our nation down the river.

Posted by: BA 2006-12-07 10:15

#4 With the new calendar, the Democrats are trying to project a businesslike imageHoyer and other Democratic leaders say they are trying to repair the image of CongressBut most Democrats, some still giddy from their election victories, seemed game.

Translation: Its not about working harder, smarter, or more efficient. Its all about Style!

Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-12-07 09:38

#3 The heart bleeds.

Seriously, if the rooms are smoke-filled, maybe we can use them in a study of second-hand smoke and lung cancer?

Posted by: Glaitch Spoter8815 2006-12-07 07:55

#2 More time in the DC environment - smoke-filled back rooms and sound bites in front of cameras - and less time listening to their constituents. Sounds like a plan, to me. I am worried about the Brownie Troop, however. Poor Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.); her daughter will be soooo disappointed.

And anyway - who says Monday evening to early Friday afternoon is a "five-day week"?

Posted by: Bobby 2006-12-07 06:18

#1 "No rest for the weary, Massa's got me workin'..."

/Eric Cartman

Posted by: PBMcL 2006-12-07 01:45

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