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EnergizedLib

(1,901 posts)
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 09:39 PM Jan 2023

You know something?

I think we all know Republicans have longed to roll the clock back 100 years.

I didn’t know that entailed failing to elect a House Speaker for two days running amid the infighting and chaos, will inevitably deciding to adjourn and then leave upon going back to work.

They get up at 12:00 and start to work at 1:00, take an hour for lunch and then at 2:00, they’re done.

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You know something? (Original Post) EnergizedLib Jan 2023 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2023 #1
Republicans prove once again EnergizedLib Jan 2023 #2
Sometimes, I think H2O Man Jan 2023 #6
It's scary, but EnergizedLib Jan 2023 #7
And some people work 60 hours a week I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2023 #3
Half the country was EnergizedLib Jan 2023 #4
I do not understand. If they stay away from the chambers can't a Democrat call a vote and put Maraya1969 Jan 2023 #5

H2O Man

(73,637 posts)
6. Sometimes, I think
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 10:06 PM
Jan 2023

that they share Steve Bannon's goal of destroying the federal government Seems to be a pattern of behavior.

EnergizedLib

(1,901 posts)
7. It's scary, but
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 10:58 PM
Jan 2023

Considering some members of Congress subscribe to that ideology, it wouldn’t surprise me.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
3. And some people work 60 hours a week
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 09:53 PM
Jan 2023

And get paid far less,with none of the social perks they get.

I wonder as a society we were convinced this discrepancy was somehow fair?

Maraya1969

(22,507 posts)
5. I do not understand. If they stay away from the chambers can't a Democrat call a vote and put
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 09:58 PM
Jan 2023

Jeffries in?

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