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.
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| See the calendar for the House during 2011: id. |
Congress by the Numbers 112th Congress, 1st Session
Congress by the Numbers
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Days in Session
|
Senate
|
158
|
191
|
184
|
190
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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
|
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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
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Average Length Daily Session (hours)
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Senate
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6.8
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7.4
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5.4
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7.2
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7.4
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7.7
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7.8
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8.7
|
7
|
7.1
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7.2
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7.3
|
7.7
|
7.1
|
7.9
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House
|
6.9
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7.8
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7.5
|
9.0
|
8.4
|
7.6
|
8.0
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7.6
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6.3
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6.5
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7.8
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8.2
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8.4
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7.6
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7.5
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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
|
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TOTAL
|
4604
|
9071
|
4815
|
9227
|
4753
|
8321
|
3656
|
7014
|
4269
|
6530
|
4247
|
6593
|
3575
|
5568
|
2759
|
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Public Laws Enacted
|
Number
|
258
|
125
|
278
|
138
|
248
|
169
|
300
|
198
|
241
|
136
|
410
|
170
|
241
|
153
|
245
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% of total Introduced
|
5.6
|
1.38
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5.8
|
1.5
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5.2
|
2.03
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8.21
|
2.82
|
5.65
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2.08
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9.65
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2.58
|
6.74
|
2.75
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8.88
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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
|
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TOTAL
|
959
|
1384
|
903
|
1628
|
820
|
1037
|
760
|
1136
|
739
|
892
|
901
|
985
|
861
|
938
|
761
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Vetoes
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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7 2
|
5
|
5
|
3 3
|
6
|
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Overridden
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1 |
0
|
2
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Learn about Congress and how they work: Or don't work for the Ameican People
Pay Scale and Perqs
Also see
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- For an alphabetized listing of Members of Congress, see our Congressional Directory.Differences between the House and the Senate At-a-GlanceHouse and Joint Committee Ratios:112th Congress, 1st Session (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.81)Joint Committee RatiosSenate Committee Ratios:112th Congress, 1st Session (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.82)
