Thursday, December 07, 2006

Laboring In The Salt Mines Of Congress. Someone Help Us!

Elana Levin at the DMI Blog notes that Republicans in the House of Representatives, faced with working five days a week from now on (horrors!), have suddenly become very family friendly. Can mandatory paid sick days and vacations for all workers be far behind?

Meanwhile, Matt Singer at Left In The West suggests that one way to reduce the Congressional workload is to change campaign finance laws so that Congress types won't have to spend half their lives dialing for dollars.