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otchmoson

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2. Vacation time

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:10 AM

Oct 4

Let me see . . . the House took off the month of August. Plus they got the last 2 weeks of July off . . . so there could be no Epstein vote. And now they get 2 more weeks for the Republican/Epstein shutdown. That looks like a minimum of 2 months' taxpayer funded vacation time. And does not speak to their working vacations and extended holiday vacations. Wouldn't all Americans appreciate that much paid-vacation time?

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Mike Johnson cancels more House votes in escalation of shutdown strategy [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 4 OP

Adelita Grijalva needs to go to court ASAP to get sworn in Chasstev365 Oct 4 #1

And the Courts will cite this - BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #3

Then the residents of the district should sue for being denied representation in Congress Chasstev365 Oct 4 #5

You have Abbott who held up the replacement for TX-18's Sylvester Turner BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #6

Does that supercede "no taxation without representation"? Buddyzbuddy Oct 4 #11

You have to ask Washington D.C about that! BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #12

Good point. Buddyzbuddy Oct 4 #14

She will be sworn in once Johnson reconvenes the house Fiendish Thingy Oct 4 #9

Since the House did their "fiduciary duty" (with power of the purse) BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #13

They haven't passed a CR Fiendish Thingy Oct 4 #16

Oh I know (retired fed and CSPAN junky) BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #17

Do you expect the shutdown to last past the midterms? Fiendish Thingy Oct 4 #18

That's why I said it would be "unlikely" BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #19

I believe the House DID pass a CR, but the Senate did not. Bluetus Oct 4 #20

Vacation time otchmoson Oct 4 #2

So when a RWer whines, "Democrats shut down the nation," point out how Speaker Johnson refuses to ... marble falls Oct 4 #4

This is effectively a strike. BadgerKid Oct 4 #7

HAH. We should have been doing that ten months ago. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 4 #8

Anything to delay the discharge petition for the epstein files PSPS Oct 4 #10

Will Moses Mike, who violates that Commandment about not baring false witness, still call it a DEM Shutdown Attilatheblond Oct 4 #15