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49.5% (128 days)
Members of the House of Representatives are planning to spend less than half, 49.5%, of weekdays working in Washington, D.C. These include all days the House plans to be “in session.”
Do you think you could do your job and get results if you work less than half the weekdays in a year?
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2013 has 261 weekdays. What percent of weekdays is the U.S. House of Rep. planning to work in D.C.?
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Members of Congress spend part of their time in Washington, D.C. representing their constituents, but they also spend time home in their districts working with their constituents.
Take this quiz to find out how many weekdays members of Congress plan to spend in Washington working to solve our nation's problems.
As a comparison, if you are a worker that receives roughly 10 days off a year (ex. 10 holidays, 10 vacation days), you would work 92.3% of the weekdays in 2013.
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Make them all work for MINIMUM WAGE, NO PENSION. NO HEALTH CARE and work all but 10 days of the year.... see how they like it...
I agree they wouldn't do half the shit they do if they had to work for minimum wage and actually have to work all the time not go on vacation every two or three months. Seriously why don't they cover the debt of America I'm sure out of the house senate and all that they'd cover more than just the debt they decided to put us in
There are service men and women risking their lives 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I think these policy making knuckleheads can sit on their ass and do some work at least Monday through Friday. Absolutely unforgivable
Many of us support our Service People and not our policies Ethan!
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To be aware of what "their" people want, members of Congress must spend time in their districts. But how can they vote on what is needed when they are not present in Washington for over 1/2 the time. They are also among the few who can give themselves a raise.
…Senators, Representatives - what is your hourly wage? So many are struggling to even find a minimum wage job. The deficit is already too high. Perhaps a look at waste in government, including your paychecks and pensions need to be...
To be aware of what "their" people want, members of Congress must spend time in their districts. But how can they vote on what is needed when they are not present in Washington for over 1/2 the time. They are also among the few who can give themselves a raise.
Senators, Representatives - what is your hourly wage? So many are struggling to even find a minimum wage job. The deficit is already too high. Perhaps a look at waste in government, including your paychecks and pensions need to be looked at before raising taxes on those who go to work every single day.
There is a movie, a "comedy", which best reflects my feelings. In that movie, "Dave", a mere look-alike for the President, finds himself actually being President. Who does he get to help untangle a fiscal mess - a good accountant. Maybe you need actual working people as your advisers instead of lobbyists and special interest groups. The Cabinet could use some of the same advice - someone who has successfully run a profitable business, a career police officer, a trained accountant. Let's get people in place who may not really want the job, but who can DO the job. I know, I'm too idealistic.
I believe Congress needs to spend time with their constituents and I don't doubt that their time away from Congress is not their own (most of it spent campaigning for the next election and going to fund raisers) but they should structure their time in a way that allows real work to be accomplished. No Labels recommends that Congress work three consecutive five-day work weeks, followed by one week in their home district. Check out No Labels other initiatives to get Congress working again at nolabels.org.
Surely you jest, even when they do show up, they don't work. This is just one big block party for all of our elected officials. A place to argue and accomplish nothing.
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