The House of Representatives has identified
itself as a non-essential service
American Thinker,
by
Andrea Widburg
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
4/29/2020 7:14:16 AM
The original plan in Washington, D.C., was for both the Senate and the House to reconvene on May 4. News broke on Tuesday, though, that the House will not be returning to work. It turns out that so many members of the House panicked at the thought of working once more for the American people that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was forced to announce that the House would remain closed next week (emphasis added):
We made a judgment that we will not come back next week but that we hope to come back very soon,” Hoyer told reporters on a press call.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Venturer 4/29/2020 7:39:50 AM (No. 395086)
Nancy Pelosi more than likely made that choice.
Steny is just her mouthpiece. (when he can get his lips loose from her buttocks.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Bazi 4/29/2020 7:55:21 AM (No. 395105)
ITA with OP! So their gambit is to hide in the basement with their candidate Gropin' Joe. Remember the apocalyptic weeping and wailing by the democrats and fueled by the leftist media when the government shut down for a month? CNN reported the horrors of the government shut down
https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/government-shutdown-2019. The House doesn't show up to work in 2020? The country is shut down? Leftist attitude in 2020 =meh. And what are they plotting with Gropin' Joe? Getting everyone warmed up to the idea that he is just a prop and the VP will be the real president? The proposed USA leader hides in the basement of his house? They don't even let him talk anymore. What are they plotting?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
hershey 4/29/2020 8:04:53 AM (No. 395114)
The longer they stay out the safer we will be from their idiocy.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 4/29/2020 8:07:36 AM (No. 395116)
NO more stimulus. Just open up the country and we will heal automatically. The democrat Governors are the ones holding up the process of opening. This is pure criminal.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Clinger 4/29/2020 8:21:47 AM (No. 395132)
Well at least we found something to agree on. Stay the hell away, leave us alone and when the threat is over and you think it's time to go back the DC to "get things done" DONT. Just stay the hell away you have done enough. We'll start over with the random names from the phone book and be far better off.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
planetgeo 4/29/2020 8:39:50 AM (No. 395147)
In a crisis, you find out what people are reallymade of. "First responders" are those who show courage and commitment in the face of danger.
The Democrat House of Representatives under Nancy Pelose have now shown what they are made of too. They have earned the title of "non-responders." Indifference to the needs and pain of others (by purposely delaying their vote on the second stimulus by WEEKS), and concern only for their personal safety and comfort by continuing to stay away from their job. Disgraceful. Their pay should be stopped until they return, without retroactive pay for their cowardly staycation.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/29/2020 8:43:09 AM (No. 395150)
Good, Steny. Stay out until after the election.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jinx 4/29/2020 9:08:33 AM (No. 395182)
Don't pay them until they go back to work. If Pres. Trump had flown home to FL for a week or two and gotten new Botox and a hair cut, the MSM would be calling for his resignation. Nancy definitely got a new Botox treatment and her hair trimmed. She also flew on a private jet back and forth to CA from DC. using thousands of gallons of jet fuel and costing the Tax payers millions of dollars. Let's treat her fairly.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Bluefindad 4/29/2020 9:14:04 AM (No. 395193)
Cowards!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
reefdiver 4/29/2020 9:14:55 AM (No. 395194)
It seems pretty clear to me that the Dems have decided to use the Wohan virus problem as another way to damage President Trump. They want to prolong the economic recovery until the November election hoping that a suffering Nation will want a new president. That is why the House of non Representatives want to go on extended AWOL and Democrat Governors fight re-opening of their states, It is sick!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
BarryNo 4/29/2020 9:20:00 AM (No. 395197)
Heck, with Democrats in charge, staying shut down is practically of benefit to the country. Now... about those paychecks...
You House members ARE going to remit your salaries during shutdown back to the federal government, AREN'T YOU?!!!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 4/29/2020 9:54:09 AM (No. 395252)
Steny Hoyer the other crash test dummy with Joe Biden. I didn't know he still could speak, the old fossil.
I guess Pelosi couldn't make this statement because she had a mouth full of ice cream and dentures were falling out.
What a passel of do-nothings.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
HotRod 4/29/2020 10:03:44 AM (No. 395276)
Pay these people only for the days they are at work- meaning in Washington, doing the people's business! No more of this ''I work all the time, even when I'm in Rio at the festival!''
Nancy can stock the House freezer with her ice cream and stay at work!
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Let the Republicans come back and take over. I don't see why the American people have to suffer for an AWOL congress. If you don't want to work then you shouldn't be there. RESIGN!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Ret.TxLeo 4/29/2020 10:44:13 AM (No. 395338)
They aren't scared. They all all drawing a seriously fat paychecks with tons of fringe benefits, they dictate thier own hours they live off the fatted calf. They know the American public is tired of their traitorous actions, their lies and that they haven't actually worked for the country in years. And it's all coming to light.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/29/2020 11:09:50 AM (No. 395366)
I am SO ready for when the time comes that these yellow weasels are forced to hide in their underground bunkers when the American people decide that they have finally had enough. Good hunting, y'all.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 4/29/2020 11:51:05 AM (No. 395435)
Anyone notice how a threatened government shutdown brings out panicked cries that we can not possibly have a government shutdown because people would die and it would be a crisis beyond belief? Compare that to now.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 4/29/2020 12:11:35 PM (No. 395464)
If there were any kind of standards at all, the paychecks of the House and most of the government employees would be frozen immediately since they don't want to come back to do their jobs. Pelosi and Hoyer have totally shown what they are all about. I am finding it interesting that NY, home of several of the most corrupted members of congress, is cancelling their June Primary. That should tell the nation that the democrats know exactly how the nation feels about this garbage, and how we want to vote out all players we can.
This is job protection for those corrupted NY members, and nothing more. They could care less about voters. They prove that with willingness to suppress the votes of NY'ers.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
cold porridge 4/29/2020 12:18:09 PM (No. 395472)
I don't remember his name, but a democrat congressman said recently that with today's technology, there is no reason congress needed to show up in DC and should be able to vote and work from home. To that, I say it proves there is no longer a need for congress. The American people can rotate (much like jury duty duty) and take the place of congress and do it voluntarily. It would save millions in salary and cure the term limits issue.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Foghorn 4/29/2020 3:54:29 PM (No. 395634)
I guess all the front line workers should have stayed home because the 'doctor' said don't go to work, you might spread coronavirus. Pelosi said the Congressional Dr. said they shouldn't return to the House, but It's OK if the Senate returns. Maybe the COVID-19 will kill off some of the Republicans.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
or gate 4/29/2020 8:35:36 PM (No. 395823)
How true... No lies here.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
judy 4/30/2020 5:02:18 AM (No. 395972)
Trumps in DC, Nancy is in California ...too bad Nancy didn’t take the media with her.
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They shouldn't be paid, whether or not they return to Washington, so long as America is shut down and the average Jane and Joe is out of work!!