The new paradigm

One of the "funnest" things I am doing as the new Congress gets underway is watch the dems propose new and wonderful changes long overdue since the Republicans have been in charge. My favorite is the pledge by Steny Hoyer to make the congressmen put in a five day work week like everyone else in America. This was applauded by all of us out here, regardless of party. Well, not so fast. In the first place, this new policy had a delicious side-effect. Hoyer represents a district in Northern Virginia and has never had to travel more than a few miles back to his own bed. The rest of his colleagues are not so geographically blessed. Hence, he is catching hell from everyone who has relied on the extended weekends to go home on Thursday, do some political fence tending, see the family, rest up, and then get back to Washington in time for business late Tuesday. I will continue to watch to see how this plays out, but it should be noted that Hoyer has not followed through on the new schedule as of yet and next week they will get Friday off again. This is all the more enjoyable since the cost of living wage increase for Congress has been lost for the year as well because of political infighting. Delicious, indeed.