Pot, meet kettle: Pennsylvania Repub Congressman calls out Congress for going on vacation.

http://snipurl.com/3b39u

It's all the Democrats fault, of course. Didn't the Repubs do something similar not too long ago? :) (I don't recall the exact specifics of that situation, though. Could one of you kindly remind me?)

It was common for Hastert to cut off the mikes and cameras on the House floor. Back in the 80's, Gingrich used the cameras and C-SPAN to get the "message" out every night. One day Tip O'Neill had the camera pan the empty gallery, but it didn't matter...soon those talking points got out and Gnewt became the darling of the right wing.

I think you're refering to the Downing Street Memo hearings that were shoved into the basement of the Capitol office bulding.

on line colleges such as University of Phoenix. And it was purely revisionist history, nothing more than propaganda for the GOP...

shouting "Get back to work!"

while ignoring various votes that Hillary and Barack had managed to get back to Congress to cast ...

Nice work, if you can get it. McThuselah, auditioning for a better job, hasn't shown up for his regular job for months. But he's still drawing pay. And benefits. Sweeeeeet.

There's one that escapes me, and it's driving me nuts.

and calling them back to work... :rofl:.. poor widdle congresscritter..doesn't realize that a lowly republican hollering in the dark..into a turned off microphone, just won;t "git 'er done".. :rofl:

As usual

http://www.bu.edu/washjocenter/newswire_pg/spring2006/conn/gohome.htm

According to the House schedule for 2006, there are 71 days on which votes may be scheduled and an additional 26 days where no votes will take place before 6:30 p.m. Moreover, the schedule includes two weeks off in April, one week off in May, another week off in July and the entire month off in August. The Senate has a similar schedule.

The House did not convene until Jan. 31 this year and then took a week off in February for President's Day.

By last Friday, the second session of the 109 th Congress had logged a total of 19 days.

In the 2004 election year, the second session of the 108 th Congress, which lasted from Jan. 3 until Dec. 7, the House recorded 110 days in session, according to the Library of Congress.

The 108 th Congress spent 243 days in session in 2003-04, and the 109 th is currently on pace to set a similar number.

The number of days in session for the House has declined over the years. Members were in session 323 days during the 95 th Congress in 1977-78. During the 1970s, Congress averaged about 320 days over a two-year session, according to the Office of the House Clerk.

It has been projected that the average number of days in session per two-year Congress for the first six years of the Bush presidency (2001-07) will be below 250.