[afraidfortherepublic]

Well, it’s more of “the laws that apply to you don’t apply to me” syndrome. It’s the same reason that members of Congress can engage in insider trading and pad their personal accounts to become multimillionaires while earning in the low 6 figures in salaries.

Try voting from the address where you lived 35 years ago and see how far you get (unless you truly didn’t move). Try driving on a license issued to you 35 years ago. These congresscritters should have to abide by the same laws that the rest of us do. Maybe they wouldn’t pass so many laws, if that were the case.

There are plenty of Congressmen and women who do maintain 2 homes and who do return home on weekends and who truly do represent the folks back home. That’s why Congress runs on a 3 day schedule. Indiana is not that far from DC.

[muawiyah]

Having done the DC to Indiana trip many times myself, let's say I lived in Seymour (where I was born and where half the people are close relatives).

So, I go to National Airport ~ at roughly 6:30 AM. That's a 45 minute trip from my home to the parking lot. Then, go through security at peak period ~ that's another hour. Then wait for the plane boarding ~ probably a half hour at the shortest. That's 2.5 hours just to get to the plane.

Then, the flight is another 2 hours.

Ride the bus around to the rental car pick up after deplaning and getting baggage ~ another half-hour. Get in car and drive to Seymour ~ 1.5 hours!

That assumes 465 is in good shape with little construction interruption.

All told that takes 6.5 hours ~ then there's the return trip to get back here by Monday morning.

How do you spend your weekends?

[muawiyah]

BTW, that 3 day schedule is a myth. They all work longer due to committee assignments. ONLY the Leftwingtards in the Northeast live close enough to commute home on weekends.

I really don't think it's morally correct to compare Republicans from the Red states with Democrats from the nearby Blue states. Something simply not right about that.