How many days are you expected to show up at your workplace and be productive this month? Even with the holidays, at least 25, right? That's because you're not a member of congress. If you were, you'd
log in a paltry nine days of putting on the show of governing the country. But that's not all.
The House had 239 days off scheduled during 2013, and they have even more off days scheduled for next year.
The 2014 calendar for the House, released in October by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), shows members will only work only 113 days. That's down from 2013, when House lawmakers were scheduled to meet for 126 days. Only 107 days were scheduled in 2012.
Did your representative have 239 days worth of town hall meetings this year? I didn't think so. Don't forget that those are paid days off, too. Paid by us. Of course, at this point most of us would probably be willing to pay them
not to show up at all since when they do it's such a disaster.