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otchmoson

(230 posts)
2. Vacation time
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:10 AM
Yesterday

Let me see . . . the House took off the month of August. Plus they got the last 2 weeks of July off . . . so there could be no Epstein vote. And now they get 2 more weeks for the Republican/Epstein shutdown. That looks like a minimum of 2 months' taxpayer funded vacation time. And does not speak to their working vacations and extended holiday vacations. Wouldn't all Americans appreciate that much paid-vacation time?

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Adelita Grijalva needs to go to court ASAP to get sworn in Chasstev365 Yesterday #1
And the Courts will cite this - BumRushDaShow Yesterday #3
Then the residents of the district should sue for being denied representation in Congress Chasstev365 Yesterday #5
You have Abbott who held up the replacement for TX-18's Sylvester Turner BumRushDaShow Yesterday #6
Does that supercede "no taxation without representation"? Buddyzbuddy 22 hrs ago #11
You have to ask Washington D.C about that! BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #12
Good point. Buddyzbuddy 19 hrs ago #14
She will be sworn in once Johnson reconvenes the house Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #9
Since the House did their "fiduciary duty" (with power of the purse) BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #13
They haven't passed a CR Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #16
Oh I know (retired fed and CSPAN junky) BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #17
Do you expect the shutdown to last past the midterms? Fiendish Thingy 18 hrs ago #18
That's why I said it would be "unlikely" BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #19
I believe the House DID pass a CR, but the Senate did not. Bluetus 17 hrs ago #20
Vacation time otchmoson Yesterday #2
So when a RWer whines, "Democrats shut down the nation," point out how Speaker Johnson refuses to ... marble falls Yesterday #4
This is effectively a strike. BadgerKid Yesterday #7
HAH. We should have been doing that ten months ago. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #8
Anything to delay the discharge petition for the epstein files PSPS Yesterday #10
Will Moses Mike, who violates that Commandment about not baring false witness, still call it a DEM Shutdown Attilatheblond 19 hrs ago #15
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