After tough three-ish days of not working, Congress takes a long weekend

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Fri Sep 13, 2013 at 11:44 AM PDT
After tough three-ish days of not working, Congress takes a long weekend

by Hunter


You may recall that Congress spent all of August on vacation, taking a break from the hard grind of getting nothing done in order to get nothing done in a less official capacity. Their inability to get things done has already left a pile of crises to be worked out, things like "having a budget" or "keeping government running," but the congressional dedication to not getting things done is much, much stronger than any silly notions of actually working on those things. So after a five week recess, Congress worked three and a half days before calling it quits and going home again.

Every September tends to be busy for lawmakers. But this month looked to be even more hectic than usual with Syria on the front burner, government funding set to run out, the dreaded debt-ceiling deadline looming and the two chambers yet to renew a five-year farm bill or pass a budget.

That made it all the more head-scratching that by midday Thursday, lawmakers were preparing to flee Washington — if they hadn’t done so already. At her weekly press conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made sure to take note of Congress’s light schedule. With the House returning on Tuesday, the lower chamber was set to have a longer weekend than work week.

I wonder if Republicans hate government workers so much because they assume all of them are just as stone cold lazy as they are. Keep in mind that the House Republicans have another two week vacation coming up 10 days from now, and while there are the usual threats that they may have to cancel it to get things done I'd wager there's probably a higher likelihood of Michele Bachmann stealing a blimp and running it into the Statue of Liberty than of that happening.

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1. God what a bunch of over paid, lazy fucking shit heads!