[Argus]

Don’t the senators actually have to be in the chamber to be “in session” or is this another smoke-and-mirrors parliamentary maneuver like the “virtual filibuster”?

[Non-Sequitur]

Don’t the senators actually have to be in the chamber to be “in session” or is this another smoke-and-mirrors parliamentary maneuver like the “virtual filibuster”?

Smoke and mirrors.

[mosaicwolf]

Senators just have to have a beeper and be prepared to return to the floor within 6 hours. Now obviously a scheduled airline will not make this happen. So, the Dept of Defense will have C-40/B (Boeing 737 equivalent) and crew standing by over the holidays. Aircraft will be dispatched anywhere in the country it is needed to shuttle Senators back and forth while they are on duty.

Of course the Defense Budget is in very bad shape and we are running low on ammo in Iraq but this is a special case in order to "Do the peoples business."