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Get Your Members of Congress on the Punch Clock
Target: U.S. Senate; House of RepresentativesSponsored by: Sunlight Network
This year, Congress is on track to spend the least amount of time in session of any Congress since 1948. So far, the House of Representatives has scheduled a mere 88 days in session.
What are Members of Congress doing, if not their jobs? Here's a not-so-outlandish guess: When not doing the people's business, Congressmen and Senators are spending many of their hours meeting with lobbyists and raising money.
Unfortunately, we don't know, because lawmakers aren't required to clock in or post timesheets. And yet they work for us, to the tune of $162,500 a year, plus generous pensions and health plans. Most of the rest of us punch a clock, and we think they should, too.
Enter the Punch Clock Campaign of the Sunlight Network.
We are asking Congress and FEC-qualified candidates to commit to putting their daily schedule on the internet, within 24 hours after the end of each day. That way we'll be able to check in with them, and they'll strengthen their relationship with us.
Ready to get your elected representatives on the clock? Take the first step and sign the petition!
What are Members of Congress doing, if not their jobs? Here's a not-so-outlandish guess: When not doing the people's business, Congressmen and Senators are spending many of their hours meeting with lobbyists and raising money.
Unfortunately, we don't know, because lawmakers aren't required to clock in or post timesheets. And yet they work for us, to the tune of $162,500 a year, plus generous pensions and health plans. Most of the rest of us punch a clock, and we think they should, too.
Enter the Punch Clock Campaign of the Sunlight Network.
We are asking Congress and FEC-qualified candidates to commit to putting their daily schedule on the internet, within 24 hours after the end of each day. That way we'll be able to check in with them, and they'll strengthen their relationship with us.
Ready to get your elected representatives on the clock? Take the first step and sign the petition!
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# 250:
7:43 am PDT, Oct 4,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 249:
7:43 am PDT, Oct 4,
Jay Boyd, Maryland
# 248:
7:43 am PDT, Oct 4,
Cree Windus, South Carolina
# 247:
7:42 am PDT, Oct 4,
Sharon Ruxton, California
Gimme a break! Throw the bums out of office! It's big money that votes them in....It's your ballot that votes them out! This is truly obscene.
Gimme a break! Throw the bums out of office! It's big money that votes them in....It's your ballot that votes them out! This is truly obscene.
# 246:
7:42 am PDT, Oct 4,
Edie Litwin, Illinois
# 245:
7:42 am PDT, Oct 4,
Name not displayed, New York
# 244:
7:42 am PDT, Oct 4,
Eric Sykes, Texas
# 243:
7:42 am PDT, Oct 4,
Yvonne Clark, Pennsylvania
I think you should be held accountable for every minute that you aren't working for me and the rest of the American people who voted you in. I personally didn't vote for you...but I guess I have to settle for what I have concerning members of Congress. You get paid way too much for the small amount of work you do. I served my country for 20 years and what I get each month can't even compare to the massive salary that you get...and for what?? Blowing smoke up our butts and telling us things that you think we what to hear. What we want to hear is that our troops are coming home for good....that our jobs are staying here in our country...that health care will be available for everyone. Get off your asses and start doing your damn job!!!
I think you should be held accountable for every minute that you aren't working for me and the rest of the American people who voted you in. I personally didn't vote for you...but I guess I have to settle for what I have concerning members of Congress. You get paid way too much for the small amount of work you do. I served my country for 20 years and what I get each month can't even compare to the massive salary that you get...and for what?? Blowing smoke up our butts and telling us things that you think we what to hear. What we want to hear is that our troops are coming home for good....that our jobs are staying here in our country...that health care will be available for everyone. Get off your asses and start doing your damn job!!!
# 242:
7:42 am PDT, Oct 4,
William Hoffer, Washington
Punch in like the rest of us working stiffs!
Punch in like the rest of us working stiffs!
# 241:
7:42 am PDT, Oct 4,
Craig Thompson, Illinois
# 240:
7:42 am PDT, Oct 4,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 239:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Jennifer Lance, California
# 238:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Dawn Allen, New York
# 237:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Jeffrey Judd, New York
# 236:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Barry Berger, Florida
# 235:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Rachel Thiemann, New Jersey
If I don't work a minimum number of hours, my pay is cut - - so should elected officials that I pay!
If I don't work a minimum number of hours, my pay is cut - - so should elected officials that I pay!
# 234:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Lyle R. Page, Florida
# 233:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Robert Knowles, Tennessee
# 232:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Glenn Miller, Ohio
# 231:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Rev Amy Samonds, South Carolina
# 230:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Charles Saunders, North Carolina
It is time for "CON"gress to return to representing the people - not the lobbyist or multi-national corporations!
It is time for "CON"gress to return to representing the people - not the lobbyist or multi-national corporations!
# 229:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Harold Longanecker, California
Every year congress gives themselves a nice pay increase regardless of what kind of job they have done. As a taxpayer I feel I have a right to know just exactly how much time they are puting in and exactly what they are doing each day to warrant their anual increase in pay. Too much in Washington is kept secret from the public.
Every year congress gives themselves a nice pay increase regardless of what kind of job they have done. As a taxpayer I feel I have a right to know just exactly how much time they are puting in and exactly what they are doing each day to warrant their anual increase in pay. Too much in Washington is kept secret from the public.
# 228:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Arthur Sturm, Pennsylvania
# 227:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Christine Inman, California
# 226:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Donna Darnell, Connecticut
# 225:
7:41 am PDT, Oct 4,
Mark Larsen, Illinois
# 224:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
David O'Brien, North Carolina
The voters are the managers and should see what our employees (Congress) are up to.
The voters are the managers and should see what our employees (Congress) are up to.
# 223:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
Stan Kain, Oklahoma
# 222:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
Hormoz Nozari, New York
# 221:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
Danna Williams, Georgia
# 220:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
Adam Friedland, Illinois
# 219:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
CURTIS BURSON, Virginia
# 218:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
Carol Elliott, North Carolina
# 217:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
Bryan Wever, Delaware
This government has been doing it's own thing for the last six years, regardless of what the people really want. It is time for everyone in Washington to be held accountable for all of their actions good and bad.
This government has been doing it's own thing for the last six years, regardless of what the people really want. It is time for everyone in Washington to be held accountable for all of their actions good and bad.
# 216:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
Rick Pickett, California
We know our president likes vacation and not working, but he wasn't elected by us, you were. Do your job, sir or madame, do your damn job!
We know our president likes vacation and not working, but he wasn't elected by us, you were. Do your job, sir or madame, do your damn job!
# 215:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 4,
Richard W. Shubert, Nebraska
# 214:
7:39 am PDT, Oct 4,
Roxanne Acosta, Florida
# 213:
7:39 am PDT, Oct 4,
Robin Budin, Florida
# 212:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
Kathleen Friedman, Georgia
Please REMEMBER where your paycheck and benefits come from! WE THE PEOPLE, NOT THE LOBBY.
Please REMEMBER where your paycheck and benefits come from! WE THE PEOPLE, NOT THE LOBBY.
# 211:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
Sarah Conner, Connecticut
# 210:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
Jakki Austin, Maine
# 209:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
AnnMarie Wilson, Texas
# 208:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
Name not displayed, Maryland
Just as we, in the private sector, must work a 40 hour week, 52 weeks per year, so should our elected representatives in Congress. This business of Congress continually voting for pay raises while they work fewer and fewer weeks per session is ludacris! If you want the job you should be willing to work for us. The taxpayers are your boss, afterall.
Just as we, in the private sector, must work a 40 hour week, 52 weeks per year, so should our elected representatives in Congress. This business of Congress continually voting for pay raises while they work fewer and fewer weeks per session is ludacris! If you want the job you should be willing to work for us. The taxpayers are your boss, afterall.
# 207:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
Pauline Clarke, Florida
It's past time for you to WORK for your pay! Do the job, or be prepared to pounds the pavements!
It's past time for you to WORK for your pay! Do the job, or be prepared to pounds the pavements!
# 206:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
Ruith Byington, New York
# 205:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
Amy Karcher, California
# 204:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 4,
Eileen Balmer, Wisconsin
# 203:
7:37 am PDT, Oct 4,
Nan Corliss, Minnesota
I have tried to make appointments with my representatives on several occasion and been told they were too busy. Now I wonder if this is true. I would love to see where time is spent when not in session. Do you really make time to talk to constituents on subjects that you do not share the same feelings about? I hope so.
I have tried to make appointments with my representatives on several occasion and been told they were too busy. Now I wonder if this is true. I would love to see where time is spent when not in session. Do you really make time to talk to constituents on subjects that you do not share the same feelings about? I hope so.
# 202:
7:37 am PDT, Oct 4,
April Rissel, Michigan
# 201:
7:37 am PDT, Oct 4,
Sachin Mahajan, Illinois