Facts
1) Congress works from Monday afternoon to Friday morning so members have more time to communicate with constituents.
2) People who go to D.C. to serve in the executive branch or Congress usually stay in that city and "become lawyers, lobbyists, or consultants" when "their president leaves office or they lose their congressional seats."
3) (I find it a bit strange but fascinating how) "personal relationships often cut across party and ideological lines."
4) "Washington jargon" - Dept of housing and Urban Development is pronounced "HUD" but DOT (Dept of Transportation) is pronounced D-O-T.
5) "Sometimes an amendment [to a bill] is a complete substitute bill with quite different impact and meaning, known in the trade as a "killer amendment."
6) "The political community lurches from one passion to the next," yet
7) A majority of the "passions" are "one-subject": politics.
8) "The city and its suburbs are encircled by a sixty-four-mile freeway loop known as the beltway."
9) Newt Gingrich considers all of this a game.
10) "Patomic fever" - "the incurable addiction of wielding political power or feeling at the political center."
Questions
1) The government pays for the airfares of the members of the Congress, right? (To and from their state)
2) How much of an effect does this "D.C." culture have in laws, policies, etc?
3) What is the reason why most politicians entered politics in the first place?
4) How many politicians are more interested in the attention rather than the "power"?
5) Is there such a difference between D.C. and the rest of the country?
6) How often are representatives from other states noticed? (Do reps get THAT much attention?)
7) Does D.C. have a high rate of crime? (Amount of people)
8) How much do representatives consider their constituents?
9) Have there recently been any physical fights between representatives? How friendly are reps to the other party?
10) How many jobs are there in D.C. that revolve around the government?
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