It must be nice - being an elected representative.
Excerpted from By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
After passing a deal to raise the debt ceiling and reopen government, the Senate went on an 11-day vacation. The House was slated to be in Tuesday evening through Thursday but will now just be in for a day and a half, with the chief business a vote on a public works legislation.
And - we are paying to fly all the bums to Fla on USAF planes to attend the funeral of a fellow bum!