[mosaicwolf]

Senators just have to have a beeper and be prepared to return to the floor within 6 hours. Now obviously a scheduled airline will not make this happen. So, the Dept of Defense will have C-40/B (Boeing 737 equivalent) and crew standing by over the holidays. Aircraft will be dispatched anywhere in the country it is needed to shuttle Senators back and forth while they are on duty.

Of course the Defense Budget is in very bad shape and we are running low on ammo in Iraq but this is a special case in order to "Do the peoples business."

[TheThinker]

Hell, If I were Bush I’d try a recess appointment as soon as Reid’s feet hit the ground or better yet while his plane just took off just to make him hurry back and then I’d do it all over again...

[Cheburashka]

Senators just have to have a beeper and be prepared to return to the floor within 6 hours. Now obviously a scheduled airline will not make this happen. So, the Dept of Defense will have C-40/B (Boeing 737 equivalent) and crew standing by over the holidays. Aircraft will be dispatched anywhere in the country it is needed to shuttle Senators back and forth while they are on duty.

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Better yet - hire a Kennedy as pilot.

[scannell]

Well, with that in mind, Bush should wait until about noon on on Christmas Eve and line up to do some appointments. Of course I hope and doubt that this door to door service by the Defense Department to the Senators to get to DC is not a “round trip” booking...........scannell