Democratic House will have a 5-day work week.

Posted byWaldo Jaquith 2 Comments on Democratic House will have a 5-day work week.

Under Republicans, Congressmen had a three-day work week, from Tuesday through Thursday. No more: Rep. John Murtha says Dems are taking the House back to a five-day work week, ending the single laziest era in the history of the U.S. Congress. Wonderful, wonderful news — this is the sort of change that I dared not hope for, because it seems too good and too obvious. (Via Washington Monthly)

Published by Waldo Jaquith

Waldo Jaquith (JAKE-with) is an open government technologist who lives near Char­lottes­­ville, VA, USA. more »

2 replies on “Democratic House will have a 5-day work week.”

  1. It was unclear if the new House Administration Committee would preserve the practice of granting two-thirds of committee funding to the majority and one third to the minority.

    I must admit this tidbit of info (from the same article) was news to me. I didn’t realize that’s how they divided the operating budget. But I do think- If the republican’s did it to them, then yeah screw ’em back.

    And for 170k per year (that’s the congressional salary right?) Damn straight they should be working a 5 day work week!

Comments are closed.