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proverbialwisdom

(4,959 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 01:24 PM Nov 2015

As Speaker, Ryan to sleep in DC office

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/258777-as-speaker-ryan-to-sleep-in-dc-office

November 01, 2015, 09:35 am

As Speaker, Ryan to sleep in DC office
By Scott Wong


Speaker Paul Ryan may now be second in line to the presidency, but he’ll still continue sleeping in his office on Capitol Hill.

“I just work here. I don’t live here,” the Wisconsin Republican said Sunday in an interview on CNN’s State of the Union.” “I’m just a normal guy.”

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“So I live in Janesville, Wisconsin. I commute back and forth every week. I just work here. I don’t live here,” he said. “So i get up very early in the morning. I work out. I work til about 11:30 at night. I go to bed and I do the same thing the next day.

“It actually makes me more efficient,” Ryan added. “I can actually get more work done by sleeping on a cot in my office, and I’m going to keep doing it.”

As Speaker, Ryan will be entitled to quite a bit more real estate in the Capitol. But a Ryan spokesman said the Speaker will continue spending nights in his congressional office in the Longworth House Office Building, not in the Speaker's office in the Capitol.
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As Speaker, Ryan to sleep in DC office (Original Post) proverbialwisdom Nov 2015 OP
Nothing wrong with that. I sympathize with him on the stench in that office. nt ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2015 #1
Better homeless shelter than most Americans have access to... Human101948 Nov 2015 #2
i would encourage him to sleep in his own bed every night. spanone Nov 2015 #3
The gummint should charge him rent rurallib Nov 2015 #4
He is not the only one doing it. former9thward Nov 2015 #10
The Speaker's luxurious suite of offices won't exactly require Ryan to Hortensis Nov 2015 #5
More. proverbialwisdom Nov 2015 #6
Yes, but where's he going to go at night? WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2015 #7
Is it time for the housing bill again already? gratuitous Nov 2015 #8
dismantling the country is hard work lame54 Nov 2015 #9
No comment alcibiades_mystery Nov 2015 #11
Since he works so little already, why not? n2doc Nov 2015 #12
What a cheapskate.. SoCalDem Nov 2015 #13
I don't really have a problem with this... Agschmid Nov 2015 #14
Can we penny him in so he can't get out? hifiguy Nov 2015 #15
 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
2. Better homeless shelter than most Americans have access to...
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 02:27 PM
Nov 2015

He's living on the public dole with deluxe accommodations and a cadre of personal assistants. Nice.

former9thward

(32,030 posts)
10. He is not the only one doing it.
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 07:30 PM
Nov 2015
One-Fifth of House Freshmen Sleep in Offices

A CBS News survey of all freshmen members of the U.S House of Representatives has found that at least 21 of the 96 members are sleeping in their office - that's 19 of the 87 new Republicans and 2 of the 9 new Democrats.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-fifth-of-house-freshmen-sleep-in-offices/

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. The Speaker's luxurious suite of offices won't exactly require Ryan to
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 04:17 PM
Nov 2015

sleep on a couch. When he needs to get up in the middle of the night, he can always stroll out on his private balcony and gaze down the National Mall.



gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. Is it time for the housing bill again already?
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 06:54 PM
Nov 2015

I'm sure the Speaker will be as sympathetic towards government housing assistance as he was to government-guaranteed family leave. Which is to say that Mr. Ryan really likes the little perks and helps he gets for being a government-sponsored big shot, but he doesn't think anyone else deserves them.

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