- deskpilot
- Dec 29, 2025
The US Congress has voted for shorter working hours.
Representatives feel that Congress is now irrelevant as the President does everything through Executive Orders, or by deploying the armed forces, or just by threatening stuff. Lawmaking is not needed any more and Congressmen and women have decided that they could use the extra time at home. Or play more golf. Or get a more productive job.
'Two days a week is fine,' said Jimmy 'The Rock' Salt (Republican, OK). 'There ain't much to do these days. Trump's doing it all from the Oval Office. Might as well be back home mowing my yard. And avoiding all the donors who got me into Congress. Cos that's embarrassing as hell. They paid all that money and I can't do squat.'
Andy Mann (Democrat, AI) agrees. 'We can't hold Trump to account. He's wrecking everything and there's nothing we can do. Hell, I'd stand as a Republican if I thought it would buy me some influence. We're in a full-on dictatorship now, worshipping the big orange god. I'm going to quit politics and start a boiler house operation to pump and dump BitCoin. It's time for me to sort out my retirement fund!'
