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Orsino

(37,428 posts)
7. Back in their districts, where they belong?
Fri Sep 19, 2014, 02:35 PM
Sep 2014

They only belong there as long as it takes them to learn of substantive issues. If they ever came back to Washington with real bills, and passed them, I'd agree that these recesses were a vital part of a functioning democracy.

But they don't. For a party trapped by its dogma, recesses are just opportunities to dund-raise more shamelessly.

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