Outta Here: How Congress’s Year at Work So Far Compares to Yours
They’re gone ‘til November.
After swiftly dispatching with their labors of keeping the government funded and authorizing the training of Syrian rebels, Congress headed home Thursday night for its scheduled break for the rest of the month.
And next month. And part of the NEXT month.
The U.S. House has been in session for roll call votes a total of 92 days in 2014 - or 35% of the year up until now. (They had “pro forma” sessions - without any legislative business - for an additional 25 days.)
The Senate’s been working slightly less, holding roll call votes on just 87 days this year, with an additional 30 days of “pro forma’ sessions, when most lawmakers aren’t in Washington.
Those of us working a typical 5-day work week, with public holidays, would have been clocking in for a total of somewhere around 181 days during that time.
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