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Congress could operate on a coordinated schedule

By Hicbd
Thu Jan 2 2014 9:47 am

Presently, "all business is conducted midweek. Many members fly in on Tuesday morning and fly home Thursday evening, leaving few possibilities for meeting members of the other party off of the battlefield and out of sight of the press. Mann and Ornstein propose changing the calendar in both the House and the Senate so that Congress is in session five days a week for three weeks each month. Such an arrangement would be both more efficient (less time wasted in transit) and more humane (more opportunities for relationships to form)."

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http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/campaignstops/2012/09/17/look-how-far-weve-come-apart/
http://www.nolabels.org/work#ways

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U.S. Congress / Legislative Branch U.S. Government U.S. Political Polarization U.S. Partisanship

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