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  Congress Is Empty, Get Used to It
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Last EditedRP  Mar 21, 2006 04:23pm
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News DateTuesday, March 21, 2006 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe average American has worked more than 50 days in 2006, but, so far, the House has worked in Washington just 19 days, a total of 118 hours. The Senate is not far behind with 33 days at the Capitol.

"If we get much shorter, I mean, we're going to have a drive-through Congress," said Mary Boyle of Common Cause.

The House calendar is already set for the rest of the year. The representatives will meet for two weeks in April, a week in May and July, and all of August. Even a national newspaper points out that with fewer than 100 days scheduled, the House is on track to be in session less than what President Harry Truman called the "do-nothing" Congress of 1948.
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