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LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 02:35 PM Oct 2021

JFC. The Senate is adjourned now and all next week.

Legislation is backed up for numerous important bills and the Senate does not appear to be in session again until the 18th and maybe even longer.

Schumer is squandering what precious little time we have on the clock. This is borderline incompetence and I'm hesitant to call it borderline.


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JFC. The Senate is adjourned now and all next week. (Original Post) LonePirate Oct 2021 OP
And then there will be Nictuku Oct 2021 #1
DURec leftstreet Oct 2021 #2
And the time requirement for all the appointments that Cancun Cruz is stalling JT45242 Oct 2021 #3
And they are supposed to work for us! BlueJac Oct 2021 #4
Well... Mike Nelson Oct 2021 #5
They should be home more IMO. pwb Oct 2021 #6
Paid nearly 200k for six months work. sarcasmo Oct 2021 #7
Just because the Senate is in recess doesn't mean Deminpenn Oct 2021 #8
Aw, come on, the poor things have got to be exhausted. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2021 #9
Not such a dumb move... regnaD kciN Oct 2021 #10
Believe or not BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #11
That sounds good until you realize most DC pols do not meet with constituents during these breaks LonePirate Oct 2021 #12
The frequency of them doing it is going to vary BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #13

JT45242

(2,173 posts)
3. And the time requirement for all the appointments that Cancun Cruz is stalling
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 02:47 PM
Oct 2021

You keep the Senat ein session for just the appoinmtments if necessary.

Our foreign policy is greatly at risk because of these delays/

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)
4. And they are supposed to work for us!
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 02:56 PM
Oct 2021

When I start a project I stay with it until it is finished weekends included. At this rate it will be lasting for months it not longer. Trump wins again! Then midterm elections game stalled then dead.

Mike Nelson

(9,903 posts)
5. Well...
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 03:05 PM
Oct 2021

... this should mean they have a deal. However, I know that is not true... The Senate should take a break when their work is finished. This is universal... knowing you have a break coming up helps you get things done.

pwb

(11,205 posts)
6. They should be home more IMO.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 04:11 PM
Oct 2021

Listening to the people who put them in office. Gives them a chance to escape the media freak show influence. What the media pushes is seldom fact. They are working for us more when they are among the people and finding out what we want.

Deminpenn

(15,246 posts)
8. Just because the Senate is in recess doesn't mean
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 04:40 PM
Oct 2021

work isn't still going on. I'm sure the Senate staffers still hard at work doing the minutia of governing.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,119 posts)
9. Aw, come on, the poor things have got to be exhausted.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 04:41 PM
Oct 2021

They had to stay awake yesterday for at least five or six hours straight. Such a killing schedule takes a lot out of a person.

regnaD kciN

(26,035 posts)
10. Not such a dumb move...
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 04:54 PM
Oct 2021

It will give the White House time to negotiate in private with Manchima on BBB. Since that's the key bit of legislation at the moment, no point in proceeding on it until a deal is reached -- and, probably, no point in keeping the Senate in session so that everyone will be generating soundbites that might derail it.

BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
11. Believe or not
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:34 PM
Oct 2021

Monday is a Federal holiday (yes "Columbus Day" is still on the books, although President Biden proclaimed it as "Indigenous People's Day" ).

Keep this in mind... when people in every state demand "to see their representative" (whether in the House or Senate), then unless you live in or near D.C., then there would be no way to actually "see them in person" unless they "come home". And in that case, both chambers declare "Work Periods" where they GO HOME to their constituents and do whatever - have town halls, attend state organization meetings - whether state/county/municipal-government sponsored or as a guest of a non-profit or business organization or even a union, host fundraisers, give speeches (including at primary or secondary schools), go to "ground breaking" ceremonies for projects that they helped to spearhead, honor appointments with citizens who petition their assistance, etc.

The Senate had already scheduled next week, where Monday was already a designated Federal holiday, as a "State Work Period" - https://www.senate.gov/legislative/2021_schedule.htm

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
12. That sounds good until you realize most DC pols do not meet with constituents during these breaks
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 06:14 PM
Oct 2021

They use this time to attend fundraisers or corporate donors and/or they stay in DC, especially Republicans. Check to see if your Representative and two Senators have any public meetings in the next week. Mine don't.

BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
13. The frequency of them doing it is going to vary
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 07:19 PM
Oct 2021

which is the obviously a problem. But the "Work Period" is not like a "designated vacation period", which many of the RW loons might use it for.

My House Rep. here in PA-3 has monthly "mobile meetings" - https://evans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/evans-hold-mobile-service-hours-street-s-north-philly-office and I am on his mailing list and attended one of his "telephone town halls" a couple weeks ago and usually get a heads-up for them and will attend any that he has (where they have my land line # and call to connect me when they have announced one).

Meanwhile I don't give a shit about Teabagger Toomey but I'm on Sen. Bob Casey's mailing list and he has this on his website for constitutents/groups to schedule to meet with him and he indicates he does it "weekly" - https://www.casey.senate.gov/contact/scheduling

In fact, he and Rep. Pramila Jayapal attended a vigil event by the group ADAPT for home/community-based services this past week (held outside the Capitol) -




TEXT

Senator Bob Casey
@SenBobCasey
Colleen, thank YOU for your work in advocating for the millions of Americans who rely on home and community-based services and the caregivers who provide those critical services. #CareIsEssential
Colleen Flanagan
@ColleenFlangan
Thanks @SenBobCasey and @RepJayapal for visiting our 24hour vigil for home and community based services and understanding #CareCantWait
Senator talking to disabled people
Representative speaking with Disabled people
7:50 PM · Oct 7, 2021






So I wouldn't broad-brush "all" and consider getting on their email lists to see what they are doing.
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