Hoyer tells Congress to get ready for work
For the first time in quite awhile, the House of Representatives will work five days each week for an entire month. New House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer gave a to any Congressman who thought they could continue to slack off while on the job:
Forget the minimum wage. Or outsourcing jobs overseas. The laborissue most on the minds of members of Congress yesterday was their own:They will have to work five days a week starting in January.
The horror.
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the Maryland Democrat who will become House majority leader and iswriting the schedule for the next Congress, said members should expectlonger hours than the brief week they have grown accustomed to.
"Ihave bad news for you," Hoyer told reporters. "Those trips you hadplanned in January, forget 'em. We will be working almost every day inJanuary, starting with the 4th."
The reporters groaned. "I know, it's awful, isn't it?" Hoyer empathized.
Our system works! It's called checks and balances. The Republican Congress gave themselves pay-raises, while working less hours and refusing to raise the minimum wage for millions of Americans. Voters had enough and decided to kick the bums out. Now we can finally get to work on the people's business.
And remember, usually Congress takes the gavel on January 4th and then adjourns until after the State of the Union Address later that month. However, Pelosi and Hoyer want to get right to work. The starts on January 4th, and then continues throughout the month. That is called going above and behind the call of duty (sorry for the cliche, but it's true).
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