[etcetera]

""It's long overdue," said Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), who lives in Napa Valley and will have to leave his home at 3 a.m. on Sundays to catch a flight to Washington in time for work Mondays. "I didn't come here to turn around and go back home."

At least one guy gets it.

[California Patriot]

We'll see if they stick with it. But give the Rats, or at least Hoyer, credit for seriousness. It's bunk that congressmen need to spend huge amounts of time in their districts. They have a very serious job, and that job is on Capitol Hill. The Tuesday through Thursday schedule is both a dereliction of duty to the public and a dereliction of duty to the party. It's part of the set of behaviors that cost us control of Congress in this election.

[MinorityRepublican]

Yeah but being a legislator is not meant to be a full-time job. In the view of the founding fathers.

[California Patriot]

Yes, he makes a good point.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), who lives in Napa Valley and will have to leave his home at 3 a.m. on Sundays to catch a flight to Washington in time for work Mondays.

This doesn't make sense to me. If you adjust for time zone differences, he leaves at 6 am. It's a 6 hour flight, roughly, so that puts him in at noon sunday. Couldn't he get up at 9 am, and be here at 6 pm, more than enough time to get a good nights sleep and be to work monday morning?

[Oberon]

At least one guy gets it.

Personally, I'd be happier if the Congress were never in session. That minimizes their capacity for harm.