House Will Return To Five-Day Work Week In 2009

The Hill:

House Democratic leaders have decided to lengthen the congressional workweek next year as they try to implement President-elect Obama's agenda and clear a backlog of priorities no longer subject to the veto of President Bush.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) released a 2009 schedule on Friday that includes 11 five-day weeks and 18 four-day weeks. The House is scheduled to be in session for 137 days before the target adjournment date of Oct. 30.

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Comments

[Jain]

IMPEACH BUSH!!!!!! IMPEACH CHENEY!!!!!!

Pelosi and her Starkist sellout soul needs to IMPEACH NOW!!!!!!

Get Obama in already!!!

[Meah]

The president will be working more also.

[lostinNJ1]

Yes, I don't think he will be a 9 to 5er like W!

[ylpatriot]

well heck, we should be thankful bush didnt work more ... think of all the additional damage he could have done !!!!! Y I K E S !!!!!!!!

[Meah]

They didn't even work for four full days. Came in late on Mondays and left early on Thursdays.

[lizziekw]

Sweet. It's time to actually work, Congress. You'll have to schedule your fundraisers around work, not the other way around anymore.

[FortuneTeller]

They should be required to show up to be paid. If they show up 45% of the time then they should only get 45% of their salary. Just like anyone else. In this economy they are lucky to have a job.

[Meah]

I agree. It used to fry my bacon that the campaigners were away from their jobs for nearly two years! And we paid them! That would include PE Obama.

[ggmome]

Absentees, should be penalized with loss of pay. Also, Constituents should be represented more by the 'representatives'. This business of representing along Party lines, in lieu of Constituency, is bull crap!

[noneIn2008]

You bet. Just like their other promises.
Plus, there is no need to show up for work, you can skip.

Maybe time for a layoff from this big business, Fed-Mart. We could send 435 home and no one would be missed.

[bluguy8]

what the hell--they are being paid a lot of money for a job they don't do. so at least have the decency to fake it with 5 days a week

[FreedomAgain]

Man that sounds really tough.

[aweissnet]

Well, this title is a little misleading: House Will Return To Five-Day Work Week In 2009

Actually "House Will Work A 5-Day Work Week for only 11 Weeks (less than 3 months), and return to a 4-Day Work Week Thereafter"

That's okay, if we all lose our jobs, we won't have to work at all!

[IndyReader]

Why such a stormy picture of the statehouse?

[aweissnet]

The forecast!

[drock973]

Maybe they should work for $1 a year too.

[hilary916]

I think they should work all year like everybody else; they sure get paid enough.

[Pquilson]

Could not agree more. I have long thought that Representatives and Senators should be paid the average per capita income of their district. Perhaps then they could understand the plight of their constituents.

[ricitizen]

Breaking News from the NY Times:

Democrats Plan Short-Term Rescue for Big Three

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/business/06auto.html?hp

[aweissnet]

Gee, are we surprised? Was that a smile I saw on the one dude's face?

They broke the news to us after telling us about the horrible unemployment figures. So they thought we'd like that, you know?

See how easily manipulated they THINK we are? We really never had a choice.

[harriscrl3]

Hmm sounds like show off to me. Trying to impress the new guy.

Carol

[PATina]

Hmmmm... but will they actually DO anything. That is the question.

[aweissnet]

HEAVY DAMAGE!

Prepare yourselves.

[drkazmd65]

My guess,... even with the extended time - they CAN'T do more damage than the Bushian dudes did with far less time scheduled in session.