Our Congress, Hard at Work
April 7, 2017
By Walt Bussey
Our men and women in Congress have a really challenging work schedule. Here is a link to a PDF screen of their schedule for 2017.
It seems that the Senate has 77 days of recess. That number does not include weekends (which gives an added bonus, albeit a minor one). This gives them a whopping 11 weeks of time off (or “recess”) per year. The House fares a bit better. They get 90 days per year or 13 weeks of recess. Now, how many Americans get 11 weeks of vacation, much less 13? Most get two weeks, some may get three, and a few who have been with a company for a number of years, could get four. But no one in the commercial (real) world gets 11 vacation days.
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