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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOMG this is BIG! ...... this is a must read ..... breaking headline tonight on Fox News.
Please sit down before you read this shocker.
The President and his family plan to take a vacation this month.
I just saw this stunning news when I surfed two channels over when Lawrence O'Donnell went to a break.
millennialmax
(331 posts)ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)ppppppfffffttttt....that was last years vacation budget...
"He will probably spend a whole GoZillion this year Y'all!"
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Gman
(24,780 posts)When this president goes on vacation on August, bad things font happen in September.
antigop
(12,778 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)ETA: for DU members with no clue what-so-ever............
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Somebody doesn't do sarcasm.
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AmyStrange
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What exactly am I missing here?
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AmyStrange
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they must be letting anyone in the front gate now a days?
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Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I bet juror number 3 is furious at Jonathan Swift for being a baby eating cannibal.
Cha
(295,929 posts)her! rofl!
lol.. what if it were hidden.. then we'd have to get a re-trail.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)I heard Obama is taking Rev Wright with him. "God Damn America".
mick063
(2,424 posts)Why does Congress get so much vacation?
By Christopher Beam|Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at 7:11 PM
Unless Nancy Pelosi says otherwise, Congress will break for its annual recess on Aug. 3 and return Sept. 4. Lawmakers already enjoyed weeklong breaks this year in February and May, plus a two-week hiatus in April. Why does Congress get so much vacation?
To meet with constituents. Members of Congress don't like to think of themselves as on vacation, which is why they call their recesses "work breaks" or "home-district periods" rather than "time off." Depending on how safe their seat isand the proximity of the next electionmembers will probably spend some portion of the recess attending town halls, meeting with community leaders, or visiting local haunts like barbershops to take their district's temperature. But they're free to do as they pleaselike stay in Washington, D.C., travel abroad with congressional delegations, or work on a tan.
Leaders of both parties meet at the beginning of each year to set a work schedule, which Congress must then approve. Members typically take a week or two for major holidaysEaster, July 4, Memorial Dayplus the month of August. Leaders also set a target date for adjournmentthis year, they're shooting for Oct. 30but Congress often works into December. (The target adjournment date is earlier during election years to allow time for campaigning.) Members then have time off until the next session begins on Jan. 3. This year, Congress is scheduled to be in session just 137 days.
more.................
pkdu
(3,977 posts)mick063
(2,424 posts)Who cares? You can click the camera at any point in recent history, regardless of who heads what, and you get the same picture.
I wasn't selective. I didn't "pick and choose". I picked a random article about Congressional recess. A random sample.
If Nancy happens to be in it, I could care less.
Do me a favor and find one that implicates the GOP house. No doubt there is one just as bad or worse.
Perhaps I make a better point by not making it partisan. Perhaps I can even persuade people from the opposite side to agree that the issue of Congress not reporting for work needs to be addressed.
Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)I am at ease knowing he won't be clearing brush for an entire month.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Autumn
(44,762 posts)Obama goes to Texas to clear brush. Then I'm gonna get worried.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)when I just happened to tune into Megyn Kelly's show, there was an alert going on at the bottom of the screen "Breaking News", and then they showed him at the golf course. What a joke that was! It's always funny how they and their minions willfully ignore the fact that Bush ll had roughly twice the # of vacation days at this point in his presidency, while attacking Obama for resting.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)How did they get an extra week? What did they do different than try and repeal the ACA for the 40th time?
And they get time off?
Congress?
Oh, the FF, have fun!
Fuck Foxnews.
AmyStrange
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so what if I'm the only one in my office. I still lost.
Double Crap! I had December too...
Thank you for the smile Botany,
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Chipper Chat
(9,636 posts)Her head will explode.
(Notice I didn't say her BRAIN would explode)
Freddie
(9,232 posts)Arggh!
Hope POTUS has a wonderful time on a well-deserved vacation.
Zambero
(8,954 posts)Link Speed
(650 posts)Then we can turn it over to that policeman in PA.
Or Ted Cruz...
Or, oh, hell, I don't know...
I do not know how to do the sarcasm thing.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)This guy's gone on more vacations than anybody since...oh, the last guy...and the one before that...and the President before that. This guy needs to start using his vacay time...not taking scheduled vacation time harms employee morale.
Thanks
Rhiannon12866
(203,041 posts)I haven't seen the news yet today and would have missed this!
Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)....and another Congress to go with it. Ya know, just like the "value meal deal". Just thinking out loud.
Rhiannon12866
(203,041 posts)The more I hear, the more I wonder who could possibly vote for some of these nut jobs!