Posted on 04/14/2020 12:43:39 PM PDT by rintintin
The Senate will not return to Washington for regular legislative action before May 4, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday. The move follows a Monday announcement that the House will also push back its expected return date until May.
“As the country continues working together to flatten the curve, following the advice of health experts, the full Senate is not expected to travel back to Washington D.C. sooner than Monday, May 4th. All members will receive at least 24 hours’ notice if this changes,” McConnell said in a statement.
The Senate was scheduled to return for regular legislative business on April 20, with the nomination of Robert J. Feitel to be inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as its first agenda item. McConnell said Senate leaders in both parties were part of the decision and emphasized that senators are continuing to work in their home states, despite not being able to meet on Capitol Hill.
“The coronavirus does not take days off and the United States Senate must not either, wherever we are,” the Kentucky Republican said.
The Senate has been in recess since March when it passed a multi-trillion-dollar economic aid bill to counter the coronavirus.
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Thanks Mitch.
“We’re all in this together”. NOT
Are their pay checks stopping? Ya, it’s a rhetorical question.
How can anyone write stuff like this? Surely they'd be laughing too hard to put the words on the screen.
I guess it’s a good thing that we don’t actually need our representatives for anything.
Perhaps we should consider doing away with all of their positions.
The Senate is in recess. It sounds like a great time to appoint a ton of judges.
The average age of the senate is slightly less than a nursing home.
But not a real recess that would allow President Trump to do recess appointments.
Bush League Republicans still dominate the Senate GOP.
It’s not a real recess, they will have pro-forma sessions to prevent recess appointments.
Don’t fret too much.
Mark Twain: “Our lives, our liberty, and our property are never in greater danger than when Congress is in session.”
Congress have declared them selves non-critical [though Nazi Pelousy continues to criticize Trump].
I'm not in this with them...I'm OUT.
Right recess Appointments now seize the opportunity
What a bunch of idiots. The optics look horrible for them.
Lazy asses.
Any chance they would take a 20% pay cut just to show some solidarity?
Good. No one’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislooters are in session.
But they still get paid, right?
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