vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoHouse speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein voteswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year 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-up5·1 year agoBecause Americans let them. That’s why they get away with anything: they have nothing to fear.
minus-squaredeejay4am@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year 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-up2·1 year agoMost of them spend a huge amount of their time fundraising whether congress is in session or not.
minus-squareAngryRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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-21 year 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-up2·1 year agoI’d like to see them have a similar health care system as the rest of us, for starters.
minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHard to see what isn’t there.
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.