MSNBC: Staffers say if this bill passes in the House, they will

gateley

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Mon Aug-01-11 11:53 AM
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MSNBC: Staffers say if this bill passes in the House, they will

"gavel out" for five weeks. Luke Russert posits that nobody wants to "stick around to deal with the fallout".

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FSogol

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Mon Aug-01-11 11:54 AM
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1. Can we "gavel out" their pay for 5 weeks? n/t

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gateley

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Mon Aug-01-11 11:55 AM
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3. No, they're exempt from real life. nt

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Cleita

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Mon Aug-01-11 11:55 AM
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4. We can't, but we can make life very uncomfortable

for them while they are in their home districts.

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kath

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:07 PM
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14. Yeah, really - how many days a year do the fuckers actually work?

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Cleita

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Mon Aug-01-11 11:54 AM
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2. Ouch! eom

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PVnRT

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Mon Aug-01-11 11:55 AM
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5. A five week vacation after a controversial project? Must be nice.

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Poll_Blind

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Mon Aug-01-11 11:56 AM
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6. Great. Take a big whopper of a shit in the People's house, then clear out so we have to deal...

...the stench.

PB

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Skidmore

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Mon Aug-01-11 11:58 AM
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7. Who "staffers?" Senate? MSNBC? Whose staffers? Or is this a new

title for Senators?

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gateley

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Mon Aug-01-11 02:26 PM
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22. I'm sure your question is rhetorical - I just reported what they said. nt

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sad sally

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:00 PM
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8. Yes, the Circus Performers and the Ringleader (Congress & The President)

are packing their bags to go on their 5-week MUCH DESERVED vacation.

They'll come back in September, rested and ready to tackle campaigning in a serious way.

Then we'll hear all the promises about how important we all are to them, how they're going to cut corporate taxes, lower the rates for the job creators, how they just hated that they had to hold their nose and vote for the deficit deal;

oh, and don't forget the Thanksgiving surprise that will be coming our way - courtesy of the Circus People.

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frazzled

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:00 PM
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9. There's always an August recess in Congress

This is not news. Each year Congress leaves for the month of August and returns after Labor Day.

Will they leave a few days early? (I would have expected them to have Friday, Aug. 5 as their last day, returning September 6.) They probably feel they can because they've been in session weekends.

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jtown1123

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:01 PM
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10. It's called August recess...This happens every year. Members get to go home and get hell

from constituents...win win!

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polmaven

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:02 PM
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11. They may "gavel out"

from DC, but I'm quite sure they all have offices in their districts from which they will have to answer to their constituents.

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n2doc

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:02 PM
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12. Such hard workers

Tell me again, how much have they accomplished this year?

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Davis_X_Machina

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:16 PM
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19. Remember, 56% of the House...

...and 47% of the Senate were elected to not accomplish things.

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City Lights

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:03 PM
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13. Cowards! eom

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jtown1123

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:08 PM
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15. Quite the contrary. Members go home for a month and must face their constituents.

Give em hell folks!

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Safetykitten

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:09 PM
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16. Tim Russert's son speaks. Can't wait for his "Profiles in Courage" series.

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E_Pluribus_Unitarian

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:12 PM
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17. They'd better deal with that FAA mess first.

Having 80-percent-completed work projects stalled and workers laid off so the GOP can strut just doesn't cut it.

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Ed Suspicious

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:12 PM
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18. They like to equate the US budget to a household budget...

I like to equate their work to having a job. No fucking working man in history gets the kind of pay, bennies, vacation, etc. these workers get. We should all be so lucky.

And what really chaps my ass is while these public workers vote themselves raises, the actively work to limit the bargaining power, wages and benefits of actual public workers, who actually have jobs.

Fuck the whole lot of them right square in the ass. I've had it with these self important imbeciles.

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Renew Deal

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:19 PM
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20. But will it pass?

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gateley

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Mon Aug-01-11 02:30 PM
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23. That's the question, isn't it? Seem to be hearing "it will", "it won't".

As always, we'll have to wait and see how it goes - we won't know until we know.

This crisis has been an especially stress-inducing one, IMO. We seem to be getting hit with these dramas one after another.

Only a couple more days to have sky-high blood pressure. :hi:

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pscot

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Mon Aug-01-11 12:23 PM
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21. Luke Russert doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground

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