The Senate left Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees, calling it quits after days of contentious bipartisan negotiations and Trump posting on social media that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer can “GO TO HELL!”
Not that I want them to pass this legislation, but why does Congress get to take the month of August off and the average American doesn’t?
I’m pretty sure the idea is two fold. First, being a politician wasn’t supposed to be a full time job. The second is that politicians need to spend time in their home state to hear from constituents and be a part of their state (travel which used to take days/weeks for travel).
damn itd be super cool if any one of them ever actually did this
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Oh don’t worry, I actively check the pages of my reps and senators.
I’m in Oregon, so my two US senators are the bomb and come to every county once a year. Love them.
Our local us rep and state rep/senators are all Republican sleazeballs who avoid any and all public appearance and town halls like they’re the plague, or when our us rep did exactly one town hall last year, he gave less than 24hr notice so nobody had time to get down there. Their offices never respond to emails or letters.
Just look at the ones the republicans criticize the most like AOC or Ilhan Omar, they actually spend time with their constituents and try to understand their struggles and concerns all the time.
I’d prefer if this congress would take every month off.
To be fair they pretty much already are.