The American people have hired and/or put into office the 541 members of the 112th United States Congress. The work schedule for the 2013 Congress session has been published, and the calendar indicates that they will work 126 days of the 365 days of the 2013 year.
What I would like to know is how productive can Congress truly be working only 126 days a year? How can this country move forward, develop and thrive with such a work schedule? What exactly gets done in the "239 days off"?
It seems to me that Congress is always faced with deadlines and force to have to make decisions within these tight deadlines, not leaving much time to fully consider and address any issue.
Taking for example, the "fiscal cliff" dilemmas that Congress is addressing now. As of today, they have 29 days until the end of the year to figure this all out, including weekends and holidays. It is a schedule such as this that has this country in the position that it is in.
The first thing on the 2013 agenda, should and needs to be the Congress work schedule.
It seems I am pursuing and currently in the wrong career.
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