I don’t understand the premise of frequent recesses, anymore. They seemed reasonable when people were traveling by horse and buggy and required 2-4 weeks to get back to their district, but now? In the era of phones and planes, why do they still deserve to get half the year off?
Well, it shouldn’t quite be half the year, but it makes sense to plan some official time to be back in your district. Your constituents shouldn’t have to travel to DC to see you in person.
But they’re mostly just dicking around elsewhere with the free time. The time isn’t bound to any structure. I wouldn’t doubt that we get less time with our representatives today than at the founding of the country, when dying of dysentery was a plausible end for a casual walk.
Also with telecommunications, we should reasonably be able to access our representatives wherever they are at all times. It’s not like we don’t live in a videoconference connected world, we absolutely do. We have phones, email, videoconferencing, and all manner of being able to directly contact our representatives without having to travel to Washington DC.
Since DC can get very hot and humid in the summers, I can see why you’d want to get the heck out of there in the days before AC.
They still need all that time off to suck up to the donor class, though, don’t they? Because fuck you, is why.
“Christian” Mike Johnson doing his best to give cover to pedophiles. Wonder if him and his son discuss these sins at bedtime together while going over their porn monitoring.
Mike Letmeseeyourkids Johnson.
No rule against pedophilia in the Ten Commandments.
It really seems like most of Christianity’s leadership fucks kids pr enables others to do so. Its disgusting.
Don’t lump chickens in with them. This isn’t cowardice, it’s complicity.
A lot of the people in charge of the country are child rapists.
Chickens are also capable of intelligence, compassion, and bravery protecting their flock. So unfair comparison, really.
Well, this will put those conspiracy allegations to bed.
Huh, what a coincidence, Epstein always looked forward to recess too.
Hey man
Hey.
It’s not going away Mikey.
Trumps on the list. Trumps on the list. Trumps on the list. The GOP is trying to hide it. Trumps a child fucker. Trumps a child fucker. Trumps a child fucker. The GOP is trying to hide it.
Here is an amazing write up on all of trump’s connections to epstein.
Hold up, last I checked its still July…I think you have another week there Mr speaker
Imagine if we could dock a weeks pay for them going home…
Why do they get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars while at the same time skipping entire months worth of work?
Because Americans let them. That’s why they get away with anything: they have nothing to fear.
I’d like to see them have a similar health care system as the rest of us, for starters.
Hard to see what isn’t there.
They go back to their districts and work there for most of it. Supposed to keep them informed about the will of the people.
I’m sure most just vacation the whole time but some might still give a shit, I dunno
Most of them spend a huge amount of their time fundraising whether congress is in session or not.
Jn whatever country replaces the US, we need to have publicly funded elections. We have to get the money out of politics. Eliminate PACs while we’re at it.
Doesn’t matter if you don’t completely decouple and depoliticise the judiciary. Otherwise, over time, you’ll be back here again.
Because they decide their own wages and their job is not representing the population, but the ownership class.
That pretty much confirms it
I reckon a good number of them won’t be returning from recess. They’ll start sounding up the neurodivergents for the “wellness camps” during the August recess and also use the opportunity to murder or jail their opponents probably using ICE operatives. Dark times ahead.
A whole week early? Unacceptable. I don’t get an extended vacation when I feel like it. Why should they?
Buying time to scrub records?
America must keep Dear Leader in power. They haven’t even got around to the portraits in every home yet. Probably won’t need to, it’s happening naturally.
Your deification of your elected leader is apparently so strong now that mere humans are abusable, at least non-cis-white-male-conservative-natural-Americans.
Will somebody think of the children?
These republicans are always thinking about children.
