vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 14 days agoHouse speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein voteswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1392arrow-down1external-linkHouse speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein voteswww.cnbc.comvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarebrvslvrnst@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·14 days agoHold up, last I checked its still July…I think you have another week there Mr speaker
minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 days agoWhy do they get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars while at the same time skipping entire months worth of work?
minus-squaresome_designer_dude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoBecause Americans let them. That’s why they get away with anything: they have nothing to fear.
minus-squaredeejay4am@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-214 days agoThey go back to their districts and work there for most of it. Supposed to keep them informed about the will of the people. I’m sure most just vacation the whole time but some might still give a shit, I dunno
minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoMost of them spend a huge amount of their time fundraising whether congress is in session or not.
minus-squareAngryRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoJn whatever country replaces the US, we need to have publicly funded elections. We have to get the money out of politics. Eliminate PACs while we’re at it.
minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-213 days agoDoesn’t matter if you don’t completely decouple and depoliticise the judiciary. Otherwise, over time, you’ll be back here again.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoI’d like to see them have a similar health care system as the rest of us, for starters.
minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoHard to see what isn’t there.
Hold up, last I checked its still July…I think you have another week there Mr speaker
Why do they get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars while at the same time skipping entire months worth of work?
Because Americans let them. That’s why they get away with anything: they have nothing to fear.
They go back to their districts and work there for most of it. Supposed to keep them informed about the will of the people.
I’m sure most just vacation the whole time but some might still give a shit, I dunno
Most of them spend a huge amount of their time fundraising whether congress is in session or not.
Jn whatever country replaces the US, we need to have publicly funded elections. We have to get the money out of politics. Eliminate PACs while we’re at it.
Doesn’t matter if you don’t completely decouple and depoliticise the judiciary. Otherwise, over time, you’ll be back here again.
I’d like to see them have a similar health care system as the rest of us, for starters.
Hard to see what isn’t there.