Posted on 01/24/2016 8:28:19 PM PST by Olog-hai
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has announced that the U.S. House of Representatives is postponing votes it had expected to hold on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and will not hold votes until Monday, Feb. 1--as a result of the heavy snowstorm that hit Washington, D.C. on Friday and Saturday. ...
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They are like schoolchildren, waiting for the “no school” announcements and jumping up and down with joy.
No capitulations this week!!
Can’t they please just leave and come back after the election? We won’t miss any of them!!!
Oh noes! Those wascally Wepublicans shut down da gubmint again!!!
No spending this week. Good.
We need more storms.
Why would the republicans have a vote when they don’t believe in the age day they campaigned on.?
Well, at least that will limit the damage they do.
Pray for snow ‘till April!
Let it snow...let it snow...let it snow.
This shows why in Texas, the State Congress in only in session every other year. Limits the damage, and forces them to get out of the capital and back in the real world for an extended time.
The Govenor can call emergency sessions, but only for specific circumstances.
Wusses all !!!!!!!
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That’s a great system!!
I’ve got a lifelong friend that lives down there, she loves it. I completely understand.
Up here in the People’s Republic of Washington we are all slaves to Seattle’s whims. Imagine if Austin really ran Texas...
LOL My thoughts exactly, bring on the storms!!!
It will be the first week since 2008 the Repubs have not caved.
Cruz’s fault.
What about he guys who want to vote "yes?"
Great comment. Since when have they ever voted no.
Of course none of them will be paid for their absence and their employees will use any vacation time they have due if they are not in the office. Those that don’t have any vacation time left will take the days off without pay. /s/
Dock their pay.
It took a ‘big snow job’ to keep Congress from doing their ‘big snow job’ on “We The People” with their song and dance votes that confuse us all at election time with YES votes one time, NO votes the next time so they can cover their butts and pretend to be conservative to the folks back home.
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