Sounds like a vacation to me. That is not counting the endless golf trips of the Orange blancmange.

If the Mara largo trips are being expensed. Would be a back door way of finding out what Trump is charging per visit.

Congressional expense reports should be part of the pubic record like every other federal worker drone. And if it’s not, then the next Congress should make it so, retroactively.

who said last night that some Magats went on a hiking vacation while others visited Europe.

Nah, republicans don't feel guilty. They wouldn't do half the things they do if they felt any guilt. So, just touchy.

Rep. Foxx may not feel guilty, but she undoubtedly knows that a lot of Americans, no doubt including many of her constituents are upset about the shutdown, along with a lot of other things, from the price of eggs to the armed ICE goons that are beating people up and dragging them off to jail for the "crimes" of having brown skin or speaking Spanish in public. And she DID just have an 8 week paid vacation. She's mad because she'd rather not be reminded that voters have lots of reasons to be mad at her right now.

They simply don't have anything else to do. All they have to do, is precisely what they are told to do.....by 2025, Trump, etc......
Every morning they open their secretive email, and their marching orders for the day are given to them by StephenMiller/RussellVought INC.
Seriously less exhausting than being creative or having to think for themselves.......(a lot like some voters we know)

Not much different than their normal work weeks: Show up on Tuesday Afternoon, leave at noon on Thursday..........

They could have gone to their home districts and campaigned, but no. That's too much like work, and who cares anyway?
Democrats cared, that's who.

in my opinion, we have not one, but two U.S. Senators that really haven't done much of anything, as far as I can tell.....We also have a U.S. House member here in Denver, who, as a dem, gets automatically re-elected regardless, who we don't hear much about either.

One of our U.S. Senators, has decided to add a new political feather to his cap, and is quitting the U.S. Senate and running for Governor.
Our governor, in my opinion, is a pro-corporate DINO, and is term limited......

She grew up in Pittsburgh and has voted D her entire life, in fact they both have. It seems to me that there's something for everybody in Denver, if you look hard enough. It's nice place to raise your kids, so I'm not knocking Denver.

changes are accelerating rapidly.........Denver's (and Colorado's) tax revenue is crashing, with massive shortages, putting the budget into serious RED territory.......Property taxes have increased dramatically the last 4 years, infrastructure maintenance is being neglected, traffic on interstates and freeways in Denver and surrounding areas is a nightmare. Twenty somethings can no longer afford a single family home.....
Our Home owner's insurance, and car insurance are some of the highest in the country. Denver ranks #1 in car thefts in the nation.....

It still is a great place to live......but regretfully, has become radically changed in the last ten years....and has accelerated incredibly....
Trump Inc has added a whole new dimension in getting far less money from the Federal Government in tons of different ways.....just because we are a serious BLUE City, and Somewhat a BLUE state, he has targeted our city/state along with many other BLUE cities/states.

An incredible amount of RED states, like 50% or more take much more money than they send in federal taxes.
And the BLUE states typically send far more than they receive, EVEN BEFORE Trump focused cuts towards the Blue states....and NOW the ratio is far worse, than it even was.....

Mean, vindictive, lying, just the worst.

My fellow North Carolinian.

I grew up around so many like her that there are times I hear them in my sleep.

(I, of course, was related to a number of them. Little dictators in small towns across the state, the lot of them. Never been anywhere but think they know everything. And people wonder why I moved from my town of 560 to 'the city' once I was able. "Well, no one is going to know who you are up there." "YES, That's the damned point!&quot

Trust me, no self-respecting harpy would go near her.

Of hearing the truth. So Dems keep it up. What will they get sick and tired of hearing before the end of the day? Something connected with EPSTEIN? Good Lord it must suck to be a Republican. On vacation or hard at work.

doth protest too much.

I saw video of Rep McGovern (D-MA) open his statement with the same claim, along with other comments chastising them.

When is she finally going to retire?

the do nothing rs.

would have been better.

Elise Stefanik was running for Governor during that time. I'm sure she did not vacation the whole time.

She was not taking care of business for NY 21.
That was obvious to those of us in her district.

…required to document what they did; in detail; during the shutdown.