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In reply to the discussion: Members of Congress –mostly male and Republican– sleep in their offices to avoid paying rent [View all]former9thward
(31,970 posts)49. Their office is part of their job.
If they want to save some money they can sleep in it. Congress people have the right to make their own rules. You can always vote against them if you don't like the rules your congressperson has made. You want to make it so only the rich can go to Congress. No thanks.
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proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
OP
And my spouse and I manage one household on less than half what they earn in Congress.
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#12
see my post: they can go in with other congress members and rent an apt. or they can decline
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#33
I'm only trying to say that running for office is their option and I was offering some
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#62
wealthy people don't have to pool their resources to rent an apt. with others.
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#100
that's ridiculous. they could get a fine three bedroom for that and share with two to four other
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#48
no 1,200 is the asking for studios in nice buildings in decent neighborhoods- for newcomers
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#64
Studios in nice neighborhoods across the river (Arl., Alex.) are more $ than that.
spooky3
Dec 2012
#130
as weird as it is for congresscritters to sleep in their offices, it's even most weird, i think,
unblock
Dec 2012
#65
the pied a terre is actually a common urban scenario in NYC. I've always know people
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#67
agreed that that should not be an expectation - and we all know what happened on C Street.
spooky3
Dec 2012
#132
Then they have other sources of income. Sorry, I do not believe that anyone who makes < $90K per
spooky3
Dec 2012
#134
True, but it is likely that they lived in a more expensive house than most of us
karynnj
Dec 2012
#36
it's not *frugal*, it's using their employer-provided office as housing to avoid paying rent
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#28
They're a bunch of cheapskates....the kind that want to get rid of food stamps.
Auntie Bush
Dec 2012
#109
that the president is provided a residence for his unique job doesn't make it okay for them
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#29
keep posting, you haven't turned people in this thread against the president yet
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#93
The President and his family live in the White House for free but that's it.
neverforget
Dec 2012
#105
What I don't like is that it isolates them from making personal connections with their colleagues
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#44
Go to Tortilla Coast on 1st & D St. SE around 8:00 PM on a day the House is in session
Freddie Stubbs
Dec 2012
#91
My sympathy ends with people who make even 1 more dollar than I do. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Dec 2012
#50
"Yet doe I feare thy Nature, It is too full o' th' Milke of humane kindnesse."
guardian
Dec 2012
#85
That's a good point - the office is owned by the taxpayers. So why can't the staff sleep there?
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#79
So you don't think ANY staffers might not want to live for free at their workplace?
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#118
The problem is that they are already maintaining residence in their state as well
Freddie Stubbs
Dec 2012
#90
I would feel the same. No one should be using their tax paid office as a bedroom.....
Little Star
Dec 2012
#84
Female Congress critters must manage their money better. They can afford apartments.
appleannie1
Dec 2012
#83
They're using utilities that wouldn't be used if no one lived in the office.
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#141
thanks for the link - it's interesting and answers some qs raised in this thread
spooky3
Dec 2012
#139
I wouldn't pay money to rent an apartment either. Why waste the money when the offices are plenty
RB TexLa
Dec 2012
#119
So I presume you'd be okay with their staffers sleeping there too? Plenty big enough.
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#123
Considering the starting pay for congressional staffers most make the move to DC permanent
RB TexLa
Dec 2012
#124
Do you have a link for Congressional staffers living in their offices?
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#125
Good Lord, I know because I know people who have done it. I don't have a link for any of the
RB TexLa
Dec 2012
#128
Call the Fire Inspector an office isn't a place for overnight accomodations.....
Historic NY
Dec 2012
#137