When you vote for your congressman or senator you expect them to be your voice in Washington. You may not have much power in government issues but at least your elected official is out there giving their all, fighting the good fight for you and your constituents....right??

Well if you are hearing this for the first time from me I suggest you sit down. Your senator has more vacation time in a year than you would get in 10 years if your lucky!!!

From 12/7/03 to 12/9/04 congress only had work on 120 of those days.

That’s right... 120 days out of 367. and from 12/7/03 to 2/12/04 they didn’t meet once. That’s 70 days in a row without going to work!

How about this. From 1/6/05 to 3/30/05 there have been, out of our 100 senators 680 separate personal excuses not to be at work!!This was not what was meant when Henry David Thoreau said "That government is best which governs least"!

What a job! They even vote to raise their pay!

But this is no laughing matter. We pay for it every time our voice isn't heard.

Join this petition that I will present to my state senator. I will ask that the subject be talked about on the floor. Maybe if it is known that we disapprove of all this vacation time, we can embarrass them back into their seats.

Their profession is an important one, let it be known that we expect them to be in the capitol doing their job.

For more roll call inquiry go to library of congress THOMAS program http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html