How Congress Has Been Spending the Government Shutdown

Spare a thought for the plight of your Representative.

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Thanks in part to the government shutdown and in part to evasive political maneuvers, the U.S. House of Representatives has not been in session since September 19^th. So just what have members of Congress been doing with their six-week paid vacation?

Here are some of the ways that legislators have been kept busy:

• Really reconnecting with the family, especially the dog (32%)

• Rediscovering their love of drinking and sleeping in (70%)

• Alphabetizing their Benny Goodman records (23%)

• Volunteering with ICE (7%)