Congress Lies, Big Surprise

Here's a big surprise: Congress is not going to do what it said it would do.

After winning Congressional majority last year, Democrats and Nancy Pelosi triumphantly declared that they would put Congress back to work, promising an “end to the two-day workweek.”

Most of us thought that meant a five-day work-week. You know, like most average Americans have.

Silly old us. <rude noise>

The House Majority Leader, Steny 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. Because ... “I do intend to have more time for members to work in their districts and to be close to their families.”

Note: This is the same Mr Hoyer who announced that the House would take a day off during the new Congress' first week in session. Why? Because of the championship college football game between Oklahoma State and Florida State.
Apparently this is the Democratic standard for the congressional work ethic.

Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said he was not worried about Congress’s low approval ratings.

Note to Maryland voters: perhaps you could help Mr Van Hollen get a clue.

According to Dick Morris' "Outrage":

The awful truth about the 'Do-Nothing Congress' is that they are paid at least $165,500 a year, and they hardly show up at all. In 2006, for example, Congress was only in session for 103 days, slightly more than two days a week on average. Nice work, if you can find it.

On the up side: they won't be in Washington spending our money.
On the down side: They'll probably be off on 'fact-finding trips' spending our money.

Hopefully, a lot of the currently elected deadwood peckerhead congressional idiots will be looking for work elsewhere in say, 12 months and 7 days.

(Political cartoonist: Chip Bok, Akron Beacon-Journal)