Partial U.S. Government shutdown

[Lady's Human]

I'd be first in line to challenge the competency of some (okay, many, if not most) in Congress, but what does a worldwide test with no methodology in the article have to do with anything?

[Alysser]

My brother was furloughed as of yesterday. He works for the VA.

[emily_the_spoiled]

I am sorry to read this. As this goes on longer, there will be more people like you brother. Hopefully he will be able to go back to work soon.

[Lady's Human]

Hopefully people will wake up and stop sending the same people back to D.C. year after year.

Our Union just cleaned the slate on our national executive board. It CAN be done, people. If you think incumbent politicians are hard to get rid of, try removing a Union officer. It almost takes an act of god.

[lizbud]

Hopefully people will wake up and stop sending the same people back to D.C. year after year.

Our Union just cleaned the slate on our national executive board. It CAN be done, people. If you think incumbent politicians are hard to get rid of, try removing a Union officer. It almost takes an act of god.

Do you think gerrymandering has anything to do with the stalemate in Congress?

[Lady's Human]

Do you think gerrymandering has anything to do with the stalemate in Congress?

Nah, not at all. [/sarcasm]

Up until the last census, I was in a Congressional District that looked like a piece of spaghetti threading through upstate New York. When calling a Congressional office for assistance they had to check your address to see whether or not you were in their district, one side of the street was in the 21st, the other side was in the 22d.

Now it looks like it almost makes sense, but the borders were redrawn to favor the Republican incumbent when NY lost 2 districts.

My situation in Massachusetts was similar, just different names, with the districts redrawn to favor Democrats when the Republicans ceased to exist as a political entity in the State Legislature.

Regardless of Gerrymandering, however, da bums CAN be removed, it just takes an electorate who is paying attention in both the primaries and the general elections.

[RICHARD]

"things in Washington have to change"

You'd think someone with some (community) organizing experience may have the answer - as opposed to digging their heels in and making remarks about not negotiating?