Politics ● Government ● Legislative Branch ● Series: New & Improved

Congress is supposed to be a part-time job

Reduced Hours (Congressional Cuts — Part 2 of 3)

Key Points

• Having a part-time legislature is very common in the United States and is what the founders envisioned for Congress.
• Limiting the days, hours per day, and times that Congress can meet will force our representatives to be efficient.
• Part-time legislatures have exponentially less costs than full-time ones because the latter feel they must always justify their existence.

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Is there a way to save America and ensure justice and freedom for all? There is… if you are willing to rethink and rebuild the entire Constitution!

This article is an excerpt from the book NEW & IMPROVED: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Learn more at https://www.jpprag.com

In the last issue, we reduced the wages and non-monetary compensation for all Congresspeople, putting it more in line with what the type of take-home pay the original members of Congress received.