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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe "Work Schedule" for the Senate
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The "Work Schedule" for the Senate (Original Post)
packman
Nov 2015
OP
Why do they get paid for not working???? Let them know this is a doable action, no work?
monmouth4
Nov 2015
#4
spanone
(135,838 posts)1. poor babies....
Rex
(65,616 posts)2. You gotta be fucking kidding me!
That's IT? What a bunch of lazy slugs.
2naSalit
(86,634 posts)3. They've been doing this for years now.
F'kers need to learn what happens in the real world when you refuse to do your job. And they'll give themselves another raise in the meantime.
monmouth4
(9,705 posts)4. Why do they get paid for not working???? Let them know this is a doable action, no work?
No pay...
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)5. My understanding is that the weeks "off" are times they are to be at home,
talking & meeting with their constituents. It would be interesting if they had to account for that time.
on edit: Do you have a link for the graphic?
packman
(16,296 posts)7. Updated post to include link
Even with two weeks vaca, that a lot of white time! I'm posting on FB.
Oh & it's the House schedule, not the Senate.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)12. What title did you post it under?
Want to 'like' and share.
spanone
(135,838 posts)8. fund raising....that's their real constituent
daleanime
(17,796 posts)6. Gee, September was so hard for them....
only month of the year in which they worked more then 3 weeks and the only time they worked more then 4 days straight.
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)10. So hard that they had to take all of August before & all of October after,
to prepare & recover.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)11. ........
I didn't even notice that.