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Report: Democrat-controlled Senate laziest in 20 years
Washington Examiner ^ | April 16, 2012 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 04/16/2012 12:47:17 PM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 04/16/2012 12:47:25 PM PDT by Kaslin
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Congress doing less is not necessarily a bad thing.


2 posted on 04/16/2012 12:52:28 PM PDT by TomGuy
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I wish they were so lazy they didn’t do ANYTHING, but alas...


3 posted on 04/16/2012 12:53:11 PM PDT by Third Person
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I don’t see this as necessarily a bad thing.


4 posted on 04/16/2012 12:53:43 PM PDT by kosciusko51 (Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
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To: Kaslin
For example, while the Democratically-controlled Senate was in session for 170 days, it spent an average of just 6.5 hours in session on those days, the second lowest since 1992.

I'm surprised it's this much, with the benefits, perks, and pay they receive. The conditions are ripe for them to abuse the hell out of their jobs.
5 posted on 04/16/2012 12:53:52 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: TomGuy

Hear, hear!! They’ver done far too much in my book.


6 posted on 04/16/2012 1:01:46 PM PDT by 556x45
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Ditto.
I think that, ideally, Congress should be doing nothing at all, unless they’re going start repealing stuff.


7 posted on 04/16/2012 1:05:00 PM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Kaslin

Lazy senate, lazy pResident.

Seems the only ones who are working are the czars and all we know is that they are up to nothing good.


8 posted on 04/16/2012 1:05:26 PM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
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WOW! Y’all beat me to it! Unless they’re repealing a lot of BS laws & regs, I say Hooray for lazy and likewise for gridlock.


9 posted on 04/16/2012 1:10:50 PM PDT by PA BOOKENDS
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To: TomGuy

Agreed but if only working 170 days, let just pay them for the 170 days. Lets move to a part time congress.


10 posted on 04/16/2012 1:14:52 PM PDT by edcoil (It is not over until I win.)
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About 80% of them need a looooong vacation...


11 posted on 04/16/2012 1:17:15 PM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the Statist)
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Rats don’t need to do anything since Barry passes most things by Executive Order or such.

They can just fundraise, fly around , and worship The One.


12 posted on 04/16/2012 1:54:03 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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They could be REPEALING laws, deconstructing slob-fat agencies (EPA anyone? Education dept?)....they are just letting the terminal train travel on down the tracks to America’s destruction. For that our forebears would be on the Capitol steps with tar and feathers....or worse


13 posted on 04/16/2012 1:54:19 PM PDT by goodnesswins (2012..."We mutually pledge our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor")
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And McConnell....RIP....is gonna save us all!!!!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.........


14 posted on 04/16/2012 1:55:04 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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You can also look at it as they haven’t passed as much damaging legislation as they could have the last 10 years. Obamacare was so bad they had enough reserves of bad to last them a few more years, even if they pass nothing else.


15 posted on 04/16/2012 2:03:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Leep

but Without pay


16 posted on 04/16/2012 2:16:32 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: TomGuy
Congress doing less is not necessarily a bad thing.

100% agreement!

Regards,
GtG

17 posted on 04/16/2012 2:47:20 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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Yes; McConnell is going to save us. I’m on his mailing list, and he said so. His email was titled: This Cannot Stand. Here’s the take-away quote.:

“I pledge to you that the my[sic] Senate GOP colleagues and I will do everything in our power to stop Obama’s gross abuses of power. Can I count on you to stand with me?”

So I wrote back:

You old blowhard. When have you ever lifted a single finger to protect us from Obama’s abuses? He’s run roughshod over us while you got rich on insider trading. We’re in a world of hurt and you’re sitting pretty. So NOW you’re going to stop Obama?

Just stop with the BS, okay? Nobody believes you any more—and most of us want you defeated in the next election.

Signed, Average Voter


18 posted on 04/16/2012 2:52:35 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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Almost verbatim what I sent him. I did preface it with” sorry to interrupt your executive nap”

Good job!!


19 posted on 04/16/2012 2:54:47 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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Lol. I envy the line about McConnell’s nap. Plus, maybe we should have ragged him about Viagra. Isn’t there some sort of historical/political connection between the line: ‘this will not stand’, and Viagra?

Or am I confusing G. H. W. Bush w Dole?


20 posted on 04/16/2012 3:08:49 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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