Congress to close down, fly Air Force planes to Florida for funeral of Rep. C.W. Bill Young

Washington Times ^ | October 22, 2013 | Stephen Dinan

[wonkowasright]

This is a good thing all around.

[thesharkboy]

Do they ever do anything on their own dime?

[TurboZamboni]

Not a chance.

Porbably sneak in some golf while mourning,too.

[glorgau]

If they’re flying down together it will be a good excuse to have some off the record conversations.

[ChiefJayStrongbow]

Obama will use this as an opportunity to make recess appointments

[NonValueAdded]

Note: The widow told “suntan” Charlie Crist to stay away from the memorial. Told that to two other pols as well. Said it was one of Young’s wishes.

From a SalenaZito tweet.

[stansblugrassgrl]

Is it just me or does it seem odd that a bunch of members of the House of Representatives will all be on the same plane?

[FreeAtlanta]

wasteful, out-of-touch, self-entitled elitist

[Mr. K]

In other words “the people are catching on about what a fiasco Obamacare is and we gotta get outta town...fast...”

(never mind when we said how horrible it was when the GOP shut down the government- Its ok because WE are doing it this time)

[Mr. K]

Wow!
a kick in the pants to Crist from beyond the grave!

Nicely played!

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Is it just me or does it seem odd that a bunch of members of the House of Representatives will all be on the same plane?”

I thought the same thing. Could be a Ron Brown moment.

[Gen.Blather]

I was in the gym Locker room listening to a couple of state employees discuss a coworker’s funeral.
1. Are you going to Jed’s funeral?
2. When is it?
1. Saturday.
2. You’re kidding? They did it on a weekend? Hell no! Now if they’d done it Monday the whole building would have gone.

They get time off for attending funerals. They’d take the whole day off for a funeral that was over by 10:00 am.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I wouldn't have a problem with it if it was C-130s and net seats. Those aren't any picnic...

[FR_addict]

Obama has been removing top military brass in all the service branches. He could wipe out all of Congress in one “accident”.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Silly boy!! :-)

[FR_addict]

I don’t think I would get on that plane! Seal Team 6 comes to mind.

[GeronL]

Obama has a chance to take out Congress?

[PowderMonkey]

Thinking same. It's pure serendipity for the Dems. The entire House of Representatives on two planes. If just one goes down...

[beelzepug]

There are 435 members of the house (minus one for the dead guy). They would need to charter an A380. I seriously doubt they would all fly together even if they could.

That said, a Ron Brown moment wouldn’t surprise me. Zero would need ol’ Bill’s help to coordinate it.