Democrats Find New Way to Calculate an Hour

autone — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:20:49 +0000

House Democrats raced Thursday to the finish line of their “first 100 hours” agenda well before their 100 hours clock ran out. They celebrated like there was no tomorrow. With more than 57 hours to spare, early Thursday evening, Democrats passed the last of their “Six for ’06″ plan — a renewable energy measure that adds $15 billion in new fees, royalties and taxes for the oil industry.

“We have passed an agenda which we promised the American people we would pass in the first 100 hours,” said House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md. “No matter how much fun they make of it, no matter how many different ways to count it, we made it within our first 100 hours.”

The hours were clocked by measuring only the amount of time Congress debated the six items since convening the 110th Congress on Jan. 4. Republicans complained that Democrats were able to whip out the six bills in short order because they did not allow Republican involvement in the debate.

Well that’s an interesting way to calculate a working day. What if your employer only paid you for the actual time you sat at your desk? Every bathroom break, coffee break, lunch, anything not at your desk would stop the time clock. If we only pay our elected representatives for the hours of debate, we’d be saving a hell of a lot of money.

Thank you Nancy and the rest of the Democrats, you found a new way to calculate time! Gee, did they really do anything else?

Posted: 1820PST 01/18/07
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Democrats Find New Way to Calculate an Hour