If putting in 2,000 hours means working a 9-to-5 job with two weeks of vacation, then
based on these numbers, the House is working a 9-to-12:45 job, at least when it comes to actually being a legislator:
Not counting brief, pro forma sessions, the House was in session for 942 hours, an average of about 28 hours each week it conducted business in Washington. That is far lower than the nearly 1,700 hours it was in session in 2007, the 1,350 hours in 2005 or even the 1,200 in 2011.
Obviously, these guys work a large number of hours when the House isn't in session, but almost all of those hours are spent raising money or campaigning to
keep their jobs. So it's probably a little unfair to say they are completely lazy. It's just that when it comes to doing the thing that they were elected to do—govern—House Republicans don't seem that interested in doing much of anything. Well, except for trying to repeal Obamacare, shutting down the government, and banning abortion.