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| CBC butt hurt over congress members sleeping in offices |
| 2018-03-07 |
| [Townhall] With the gun control debate raging on, the battle for Congress officially underway, and a trade war potentially on the horizon, a group of House Democrats have redirected their focus to the real issue at hand: Congress members sleeping in their offices. No, you didn’t accidentally click on an article from The Onion. According to a new report by Politico, more than two dozen members (30 to be exact) of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) submitted a letter to the House Ethics Committee asking it to look into the "legality and propriety of a significant number of members choosing to use their Congressional offices as overnight lodging facilities." Among the signatories is CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond, as well as Reps. Maxine Waters, John Lewis, Frederica Wilson and Elijah Cummings. The practice, more common among male and Republican members of Congress, is "inappropriate, disrespectful, and unsanitary," and "reflects negatively upon the decorum and credibility of the House as a body and as an institution," they argue. The letter goes on to say that "Members who sleep overnight in their offices receive free lodging, free cable, free security, free cleaning services, and utilize other utilities free of charge in direct violation of the ethics rules which prohibit official resources from being used for personal purposes." For this reason, the signatories believe that, if the Ethics Committee determines the practice is permitted, those who stay overnight in their offices "should be taxed at the fair market value of a Capitol Hill apartment." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 Australia just had a Prime Minister who moved into student accommodation at the Australian Police Academy while the official Prime Minister's residence was repaired. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2018-03-07 15:37 |
| #14 The CBC is just afraid something might get actually get done in Congress. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-03-07 14:25 |
| #13 I had a college buddy who slept in one of his prof's offices. He saved his stipend to go skydiving... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-07 13:24 |
| #12 They should all have to sleep in barracks and go to their districts every weekend. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-07 13:23 |
| #11 Comma, P2K? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-07 11:38 |
| #10 ...not necessarily in the Senate 'Ted Kennedy' memorial office and love hotel. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-03-07 11:21 |
| #9 congress members sleeping in offices Alone? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-07 10:51 |
| #8 So when you almost pull an all nighter digging through democrap bullshit and listening to them bully rag the POTUS, you can't take a short nap? I suppose sleeping on a coast to coast red eye is an ethics violation also. Just remember what Einstein said about the difference between genius and stupidity: "Genius has its limits" |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-07 10:22 |
| #7 "They should sleep in their prison cells, like CBC members frequently do" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-03-07 10:15 |
| #6 I sometimes sleep in my office. If I'm caught, though, I could be fired. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2018-03-07 09:50 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-07 08:44 |
| #4 Wow. Maxine Waters thinks someone else "reflects negatively upon the decorum and credibility of the House". (Damn. Where is Rod Serling when you need him?) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-03-07 08:29 |
#3 Where else are they gonna knock boots with the interns, the Trump Hotel? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-07 08:19 |
| #2 So is their 'free franking' also a direct violation of ethics? (given their political opponents every two years have none) Interesting that they are not talking about how they exempt themselves from laws they pass governing other citizens. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-03-07 07:57 |
| #1 "reflects negatively upon the decorum and credibility of the House as a body and as an institution," Blatant psychological projection. An obvious reference to the CBC itself. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-07 07:33 |