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February 07, 2007

At Last, True Bipartisanship

"Wow, Dad. You're really working hard."
"Yes, I gotta work hard, honey. Daddy made a lot of crazy promises."
--Trash of the Titans

As a general rule, when you hear anyone in Washington talking about bipartisanship, what they really mean is they got or want to get some people on the other side to agree with them. But James Joyner has exposed a truly bipartisan issue in Washington: the five day work week.

Political junkies will recall that this was one of the selling points the Democrats used in the 2006 election: the Republican Congress was only working three days a week, and hardworking Democrats were going to have Congress working the same hours as the rest of America. Now that they're actually being forced to occasionally work five days a week, a lot of Democrats are no more fond of the schedule than the Republicans. Thus far, Majority Leader Reid is sticking to his guns, but I'd guess this particular campaign promise is going down in flames sooner rather than later. If that means Congress can do less damage, I've got no heartburn at all with that.

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Posted at February 7, 2007 08:46 AM

Andrew Olmsted

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I'm thankful that Congress only works 3 days a week. I wish they would work less. Look at the volume of laws they pass and the money they spend working part-time. 5 days a week would be all the more terrifying.

Posted by: Chance [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 01:30 PM

Nice job on that "two-party system", America.

A pox on both houses.

Fortunately Americans still get choice for important things, like ice cream's 31 flavors.

Posted by: Robert [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 9, 2007 03:33 PM

"Fortunately Americans still get choice for important things, like ice cream's 31 flavors."

Sshh. Don't say that. I'm sure politicians will decide that is not enough. Or, more likely, determine that the ice cream is not healthy enough and ban it.

Posted by: Chance [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 10, 2007 04:27 PM

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