[KarlInOhio]

When one chamber of Congress is in session but not working, we the people still have to pay for members' salaries and expenses, and for their police protection, and for keeping their lights and phones and coffee machines on.

The base pay for a congressman is $174,000. That is paid whether they are reading the Constitution, sitting in their office or flying for a last minute Hawaii vacation. Similarly the electric bill for the lights and coffee machines will be the same unless they were just about ready to knock off for a couple of weeks. And I doubt that the police union will allow the cops to clock out early just because Congress had a short day.

And if even one word of the Constitution sinks in to their thick heads, we might save billions on appropriations bills.

[MrB]

They’re going to be highly disappointed that the reading leaves out their favorite clause:

“Self-defined smart people shall make all decisions for others”