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Trueblue Texan

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9. I think we should be demanding that in event of future shutdowns...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sun Oct 12, 2025, 08:25 PM

Oct 2025

Congress is not allowed to leave the Capitol building from 9-5 Monday through Friday. If they refuse to negotiate, they can sit around and brain storm for a solution to their impasse with their colleagues, alphabetize their books, sharpen their pencils, or read the Constitution among other useful tasks. Unlike plenty of federal workers who are forced to continue to report to work, they are being paid. They are not being paid to shut down our government then go on a holiday because they don't like the way an election went or because they don't want to go on the record for keeping the Epstein files sealed. They work for us. We should demand they work as hard as we do. No more free rides.

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Why Johnson and trump will NOT accept Democrats offer to pass bill to pay troops [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 OP

It's all about Epstein. spanone Oct 2025 #1

Besides that, Mike Johnson will probably lose his job FakeNoose Oct 2025 #2

Didn't I just read on Bulwark displacedvermoter Oct 2025 #4

Huh? He's gotten less legislation passed than any other Speaker Wiz Imp Oct 2025 #7

He got the tax cut at the expense of the rest of us. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2025 #11

The Bulwark does not represent billionaires. Wiz Imp Oct 2025 #13

At work so did cursory check displacedvermoter Oct 2025 #14

Thank you. That makes more sense. Wiz Imp Oct 2025 #19

He got their shitty bill passed, that's all they wanted to accomplish FoxNewsSucks Oct 2025 #10

Do it! Gaetz also! rubbersole Oct 2025 #15

Didn't I just read that shithole... Lovie777 Oct 2025 #3

Because it would demonstrate that the GOP caused this shit this time. Because it would display bi-partisenship. ... marble falls Oct 2025 #5

Sorry, but there has to be more to it than that Wiz Imp Oct 2025 #6

I didn't know it was a bill that would become law (I guess I didn't think about it enough), so...Thanks for the info. ancianita Oct 2025 #8

To be fair, I could be wrong, but everything I've read elsewhere supports what I said. Wiz Imp Oct 2025 #16

Thanks for the link on it. ancianita Oct 2025 #17

I think we should be demanding that in event of future shutdowns... Trueblue Texan Oct 2025 #9

Exactly. If they're getting paid during a shutdown, they HAVE to work during the shutdown. ancianita Oct 2025 #18

Why do they hate America? Harker Oct 2025 #12

What is Johnson going to do? videohead5 Oct 2025 #20