Wednesday, November 30, 2011

CONGRESS IS ALREADY PART TIME ...

PERRY HAS CONGRESS'S NUMBER
Governor Rick Perry wants a part-time congress that works six months of the year and spends six months in their home state working among the voters and living with the laws they created for the rest of the nation. He also has stated their pay should be cut in half. According to the below calendar Congress will be in session 120 days for the year 2011 and earn a base salary of $174,000.00 without any perqs. That comes to a salary of $1,414 and change a day. No wonder these suckers want to make congress a lifetime career. In the meantime congress is making laws that interfere in our lives. They are also enacting legislation with over regulating businesses that harm the economy thus creating unemployment.

See the calendar for the House during 2011: id.



Congress by the Numbers 112th Congress, 1st Session
Congress by the Numbers
2010
PDF
111-2
2009
PDF
111-1
2008
PDF
110-2
2007
PDF
110-1
2006
PDF
109-2
2005
PDF
109-1
2004
PDF
108-2
2003
PDF
108-1
2002
PDF
107-2
2001
PDF
107-1
2000
PDF
106-2
1999
PDF
106-1
1998
PDF
105-2
1997
PDF
105-1
1996
PDF
104-2
Days in Session
Senate
158
191
184
190
138
159
133
167
149
173
141
162
143
153
132
House
127
159
118
164
101
140
110
133
123
142
135
137
119
132
122
Time in Session (hours)
Senate
1075
1421
989
1376
1028
1222
1032
1454
1043
1236
1018
1184
1095
1093
1037
House
879
1247
890
1478
850
1067
879
1015
772
922
1054
1125
999
1004
919
Average Length Daily Session (hours)
Senate
6.8
7.4
5.4
7.2
7.4
7.7
7.8
8.7
7
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.7
7.1
7.9
House
6.9
7.8
7.5
9.0
8.4
7.6
8.0
7.6
6.3
6.5
7.8
8.2
8.4
7.6
7.5
Bills/Resolutions Introduced
Senate
1506
3380
1590
3033
2302
2616
1318
2398
1558
2212
1546
2352
1321
1840
860
House
3098
5691
3225
6194
2451
5703
2338
4616
2711
4318
2701
4241
2254
3728
1899
TOTAL
4604
9071
4815
9227
4753
8321
3656
7014
4269
6530
4247
6593
3575
5568
2759
Public Laws Enacted
Number
258
125
278
138
248
169
300
198
241
136
410
170
241
153
245
% of total Introduced
5.6
1.38
5.8
1.5
5.2
2.03
8.21
2.82
5.65
2.08
9.65
2.58
6.74
2.75
8.88
Recorded Votes
Senate
299
397
215
442
279
366
216
459
253
380
298
374
314
298
306
House 1
660
987
688
1186
541
671
544
677
484
512
603
611
547
640
455
TOTAL
959
1384
903
1628
820
1037
760
1136
739
892
901
985
861
938
761
Vetoes
1
0
4
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
7 2
5
5
3 3
6
Overridden
0
3
1
0


1
0
2


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