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The Senate left Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees, calling it quits after days of contentious bipartisan negotiations and Trump posting on social media that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer can “GO TO HELL!”

  • robocall@lemmy.world
    72·
    2 days ago

    Not that I want them to pass this legislation, but why does Congress get to take the month of August off and the average American doesn’t?

    • jacksilver@lemmy.world
      76·
      2 days ago

      I’m pretty sure the idea is two fold. First, being a politician wasn’t supposed to be a full time job. The second is that politicians need to spend time in their home state to hear from constituents and be a part of their state (travel which used to take days/weeks for travel).

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        573·
        2 days ago

        The second is that politicians need to spend time in their home state to hear from constituents and be a part of their state (travel which used to take days/weeks for travel).

        damn itd be super cool if any one of them ever actually did this

        • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          2 days ago

          Many of them do. Check around and see if your local Rep or Senator is holding any town halls. Though, this year, republicans have been dodging them left and right. Trump/GOP policies have been radioactive amongst their constituents so GOP leadership has told them not to hold any town halls. Those who have gone against that suggestion have found their sessions intense.

          Steil entered the Elkhorn High School auditorium on Thursday to resounding boos and faced a raucous crowd for the duration of the 80-minute session, including fierce questions on his support of Trump’s agenda, as well as frequent interruptions, chants, and jeering.

          If you do have republican representation in your area, you may have the opportunity to go to a democratic run town hall. Since republicans have been hiding from their voters, a number of democratic Senators and Reps have started going into republican controlled districts and holding their own town halls there.

          House Democrats are ramping up their town-hall blitz in GOP-held districts over the long summer recess. The strategy is not new, but this time they’re armed with a powerful new talking point: President Trump’s refusal to release the federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

          • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            6·
            2 days ago

            Oh don’t worry, I actively check the pages of my reps and senators.

            I’m in Oregon, so my two US senators are the bomb and come to every county once a year. Love them.

            Our local us rep and state rep/senators are all Republican sleazeballs who avoid any and all public appearance and town halls like they’re the plague, or when our us rep did exactly one town hall last year, he gave less than 24hr notice so nobody had time to get down there. Their offices never respond to emails or letters.