Thiebear
October-8th-2009, 07:06 AM
aving made a five-day congressional workweek de rigueur for much of the year, House Democrats are planning an easier schedule for next year.
A 2008 calendar (http://www.politico.com/static/PPM43_071203_2008-votecalendar.html) distributed to congressional offices Monday shows the House holding five-day weeks only three times next year, exposing Democrats to charges that they are backing away from a pledge to work harder than Republicans did when they ruled the House.
“You have to hand it to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats for … rewarding themselves with another broken promise,” said Ken Spain, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. “With a record low approval rating, … you would think they would start getting to work instead of planning extra vacation days.”
More HERE:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7162.html
Open the Calendar:
August: off
October: off
November: off
December: off
not a bad job for $174,000 + 93,000 this year per person to fix up their offices (in the worst recession since 1930)
I was mad about this last year when we thought everything was falling apart...and nobody was working.
Ooops: Sorry: Repeat of 2 years ago.... Not to be confused with last year.. or next year. or 2011.
House cuts workweek to 2 1/2 days
By John Byrne
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 -- 9:18 am
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/house-cu...-to-2-12-days/
A 2008 calendar (http://www.politico.com/static/PPM43_071203_2008-votecalendar.html) distributed to congressional offices Monday shows the House holding five-day weeks only three times next year, exposing Democrats to charges that they are backing away from a pledge to work harder than Republicans did when they ruled the House.
“You have to hand it to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats for … rewarding themselves with another broken promise,” said Ken Spain, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. “With a record low approval rating, … you would think they would start getting to work instead of planning extra vacation days.”
More HERE:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7162.html
Open the Calendar:
August: off
October: off
November: off
December: off
not a bad job for $174,000 + 93,000 this year per person to fix up their offices (in the worst recession since 1930)
I was mad about this last year when we thought everything was falling apart...and nobody was working.
Ooops: Sorry: Repeat of 2 years ago.... Not to be confused with last year.. or next year. or 2011.
House cuts workweek to 2 1/2 days
By John Byrne
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 -- 9:18 am
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/house-cu...-to-2-12-days/