Pelosi and Spineless Harry have taken back their last '06 election promise

[kpete]

Hypocritical Congress Needs To Keep Working
Our Opinion


Democrats won a majority in both houses of Congress last November, making several promises to the voters that elected them. Among these was "an end to the two-day work week," and a "return to a five-day work week."
Less than a year later, the Democratic majority in Congress has announced that starting in January, Congress will no longer work on Fridays. As it stands currently, important votes do not occur on Mondays because many Congressmen travel to their districts over the weekend.

The announcement of a cutback in the Congressional work week has drawn several criticisms and rightly so. The promise of a return to a full five-day work week was a key principle in the Democrats' platform in the 2006 mid-term elections. It is disappointing that the Democratic majority, which has been vocal about its own inability to make gains in the face of a significant Republican minority and a combative White House, has decided to decrease its work efforts. Even though the House of Representatives has conducted 1,000 roll-call votes during its current session, only 106 of those votes were on bills that were ultimately signed into law. The 12 months were the laziest non-election year in the Senate since 1989. Not getting anything done in Congress will not be changed by working less.

The leadership in Congress should make good on their promise to work more on behalf of the American people. The work week is set by Congressional leaders and is one of few things that the majority can set without having to face opposition from the White House or from the minority party in Congress. With nothing hindering them, the Democratic leadership in Congress has no excuse for their about face on an issue that they made such a key point in the last election.

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[Richard Steele]

1. K&R

[EFerrari]

2. Nancy must be traveling to some other district because we haven't seen her.

K&R

[John Q. Citizen]

3. Yep. Meet the new boss....same as the old boss.

I guess the Dem leadership figured out what the Repo leadership figured out long ago.

With a unitary executive, they are pretty much irrelevant, and are only needed to rubberstamp the executive every so often.

The power of subpeona was pretty over-rated.

[LakeSamish706]

4. So with that notion in mind, why not just let Georgie do his thing? n/t

[John Q. Citizen]

5. That seems to be the working plan so far....n/t

[lovuian]

6. Democrats are definitely no putting out the programs the

workaholic Republicans did remember those late night sessions till midnite

[LakeSamish706]

8. Were those the ones that were labeled "Enable George Sessions"? n/t

[Solly Mack]

7. Wasn't the 5 day work week one of the 100 hour goal/accomplishments?

[Disturbed]

9. Back to a 3 day work week?

No need for more than that because the Decider will decide how the former Republic
will be run.

[Solly Mack]

11. Seems so, I guess. If no votes on Monday and they don't work on Fridays

then they'll try and cut out early on Thursdays to get a head start on the long weekened, so that just leaves Tuesday through Thursday afternoon. 3 days..barely.

Is there an actual news story on this? Edit: Found it

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/27/washington/27cong.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

But 10 months into the session, with their legislative agenda often in gridlock with the Bush administration and a big election year looming, the Democrats are now planning a lighter schedule when the 110th Congress begins its second year in mid-January.

The House majority leader, Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, told fellow Democrats this week that the House would not be in session next year on Fridays, except in June for work on appropriations bills

[lostnotforgotten]

10. Democratic Party Same As The Republican Party - Any Questions?

eom

[rhett o rick]

15. You are so wrong. The Republicans all support the Fuhrer, and only some of

the Democrats support him.

[lostnotforgotten]

13. That's My Point - No Democrats Should Support The Fuher

eom

[rhett o rick]

17. Yeah I got it, I was being facetious. nm

[specimenfred1984]

12. I missed it, when was the name changed to "republicanunderground"?

You know, a place where people go to smear leading democratic party members? Oh well...a person can read this kind of stuff on Faux News all day, every day.

[rhett o rick]

14. Welcome to Democrat land. Where no one is safe and can be called to task. If you want

a "stepford wives" party go to repub land. In Democrat land you are always under scrutiny. If you call yourself a Democrat you better be willing to prove it. Some of the Democratic leaders have failed us and should be held accountable. Nancy said that impeachment was off the table. Not very representative if you ask me. When over 70% of Democrats want impeachment on the table, and she arrogantly takes it off. Now tell me we shouldn't hold her accountable. And Harry, poor Harry, I suppose it isn't his fault that DiFi and Water-board Chuck stray from the fold and kiss the Fuhrers ass. If Harry had fortitude he would make sure those two traitors regretted their votes. But noooo, if the Fuhrer nominated Goering for AG, Schumer and Feinstein would support.

[OzarkDem]

16. Unlike Republicans, Dems hold their leaders accountable

Dems aren't sheep. While loyal to their party, when their party's leaders continue to exhibit dishonest, cowardly and unprofessional behavior, we call them on it.

If you want blind obedience, you might prefer the GOP.