Maine delegation opposes Congress’ August recess, says there’s more work to do

[Maine-ah]

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/08/02/politics/maine-delegation-opposes-congress%E2%80%99-august-recess/

AUGUSTA, Maine — Although the Congressional delegation says vacationing in Maine in August is just wonderful, they all agree they should remain in Washington to do more work.

“Most people I have talked with and heard from in Maine on the debt ceiling have asked why are we not dealing with jobs, helping to create jobs,” said Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe in an interview. “We should not be taking August off; we should be working to create an economic package that will help get this economy going again.”

She said she had met with GOP Senate leadership and other Republican senators and urged them to oppose taking the month off. The Senate is not scheduled to convene until after Labor Day.

“This super commission simply cannot do everything that needs to be done,” Snowe said. “They need to seek help from the regular committees that have the expertise. I think they should ask the Finance Committee to work on tax reform. We have done a lot of work on overhauling the tax code.”

[elleng]

1. Good one.

:thumbsup:

[Ship of Fools]

2. I don't know about the rest of you DU folks,

but I haven't had a job, since my thirties, that offered more than 2 weeks off per year.

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. They're not necessarily 'on vacation' when they're in district.

Remember all those wild and rowdy town halls over HCR in August of '10. When the teahadis went platinum for the first time?

That was when Congress was on vacation.

[Ship of Fools]

4. I understand that -- although Pat Robertson, in my wonderful

state of Kansas, was nowhere to be found during the last recess, until he turned up in Hawaii.

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. If you blinked up here...

...you'd have run Chellie Pingree over.

She's ubiquitous.