How many days did congress spend in session in 2005?
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I'm not sure, but its fairly obvious that it wasn't enough.
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It all depends...you have to look at not only who was president, but also who was in control of the House and Senate over that period of time.  From 1948 to 1994, the Democrats controlled Congress...does that mean they were responsible?  Not entirely.  The Republicans held the presidency for 32 of those 56 years...does that mean they were responsible?  Again, you have to look at the entire picture.  They're both responsible.
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Well, congress is not oficially required to "work" at all.  But this all depends on what you consider "work" to be.  I certainly didn't see them unloading cargo at the dock, or digging ditches or anything.  Last year, congress was "in Session" for 99 days or so.. But does that mean they only "worked" for 99 days?  Really, having congress in "session" just means that a lot of them got together for what ammounts to a massive board meeting for the nation.  Do you EVER feel productive when you're in the middle of a board meeting?  Honestly, I'd bet they're more productive when congress is not in session.\n\nYou must remember that these people are from 50 different states.  Their "job" includes understanding the problems of their constituents, writing legisltion to solve those issues, and getting that legislation passed into law by passing it on to the senate and president... all the while, attempting to make things especially nice for their base of voters so they can get re-elected.\n\nTo get re-elected, and to understand the problems of their constituents, members of congress generally go on "junkets," and "Campaigns," to tour their areas of interest, shake hands, kiss babies, and hear grievances.  They also have a number of staffers to help with this, but every staffer must get paid for by government funds, or campaign contributions.  It's more economical for the nation if the members of congress do most of this work themselves.\n\nOnce they've heard some problems, they can iron out a few legislative ideas as to how they can help solve the issues, by proposing construction works, finagling legislation to funnel more funds their way, and such.  However, to get that legislation written, it then has to go to the right comittee, who will oversee writing of the legislation.  After that, the house of congress votes on the legislation, which passes it on to the senate,which sometimes changes things a little before voting on it again, and passing it on to the President.\n\nIn order to get anything like the desired result for their constituent, the member of congress must find people in the appropriate comittes, who are outspoken enough,and who have similar enough problems among their base of voters that the desired result will remain in the legislation through the initial writing process.  \n\nAfter that, the member of congress must drum up enough support among other congressmembers to ensure that the legislation will be passed on to the senate.  Doing this can be difficult, because often members of opposite parties will reject any legislation from their "enemy" out of spite.\n\nEven then, the legislation may remain useless, or die in the senate unless the congressperson knows enough of the right senators to ensure that the documents are approved without serious modifications.  Finally, the congressmember may need to get on the president's good side, or at lest convince him that the bill is worth accepting as law.\n\nSuch a maze of finagling, backroom deals, and haggling over what may seem to the congressmember like enormously trivial details is what allows laws to get passed.  The actual "work" of bringing a fully written piece of legislation up, and voting as to whether or not it gets sent to the senate is a mere formality of inefficient boardroom proceedures.\n\nJust as you in your office really can't get any "work" done in a board meeting, congress doesn't actually "Work" when it is in session.  Indeed, with fax machines, Email, phones, and private meetings, congress probably "works" more efficiently when it is not in session, because much of the legislation writing and vote assuring can be easily performed from your own home state while hearing other grievances.  Thus, when the bill is finally brought to congress, with most questions already answered, and most votes al
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If you take leap years into consideration, the average year contains 525,948.766 minutes.  A year with just 365 days contains 525,600 minutes.
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It's only been something like 72 days. This is the worst Congress since the "Do Nothing Congress" during President Truman's term.
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Generally, they get at least 100 days (three months) after the start of the next Congressional term to make a difference before people can start complaining rationally.\n\nOf course, rational conduct has never been common in politics.\n\nThen again, 6 years after Bush was first elected, and 12 years after the Republicans have been in charge, we're still hearing that we should not judge to quickly and should give them a chance.
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Congress is bicameral. There is the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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The State of Florida has 25 representatives in the US House of Representatives.
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couple of days, there is no time frame.\n\n:> peace
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9 reps\n2 senators\n11 total
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Congress's number changes every two years. (Each time the House starts a new term.) In 2005, the 109th Congress began. (This is what number wer are in now.) In 2007, the 110th Congress will begin.
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All of them.  House members all face reelection every 2 years.\n435.\n\nThe point is for the house to be more accountable to the people (which is why it can swing more drastically when there's popular sentiment against a current administration or party in power).
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102 Senators,,duuuhhh,,,;-)=
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Unfortunitly, there is no term limit for congress, Senators serve 6 year terms and can be re-elected over and over again, Strom Thurmond republican, s.c. served eight terms in the U.S. senate, from 1955 until he retired at the age of 100.
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Nah, in practical terms, there is hardly time.  And, there are better ways of continuing to show his incompetence.  There will be lots of hearings, which is what Congress should have been doing all along instead of being his lapdogs.
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An interesting point brought up on the evening news was that with the major wars - at the midterm election for each second term of the President (WW 1, WW 2, Korea, Viet Nam) whichever way Congress WAS - it went the other way and- this was the interesting part - it was by an average of 37 seats in the House and 7 seats in the Senate.  Almost exactly what just happened.  The analysis was that - when wars take too long - we want a change and vote the old, out - and the new, in - in hopes of getting the war over and done with.
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Senate = 9 years.\nHouse of Reps = 7 years.\nPresident = lifetime.