Tis the season for Democrat foot-stomping as members of Congress look to punish those across the aisle and mislead the nation as to the reason for the Schumer Shutdown.
You would think that the unhinged Trump haters would at least dial down the hostility for a few days during the Christmas holiday but that isn’t the case this year as House members are salivating over the wave of investigations that are about to begin.
In the interim, many of those poor miserable souls are venting at the president via their Twitter accounts or in the case of an embittered congressman from Illinois, introducing a bill to shut down the use of the congressional gym to stick it to Republicans and especially Paul Ryan.
This ridiculous gesture comes courtesy of Rep. Bill Foster who must be the pride his state’s 11th congressional district who engaged in some grandstanding with the “The Shutdown Prioritization Act” which has zero chance of being enacted.
I introduced a bill to close the Congressional gym during a government shutdown. @SpeakerRyan continues to use it during the #TrumpShutdown as federal workers face uncertainty over the holidays. The only task we have right now is ending the #TrumpShutdown. https://t.co/kB5k7SFCeD
— Bill Foster (@RepBillFoster) December 23, 2018
Via The Hill, “Dem calls for closing lawmaker gym, sauna during shutdown”:
Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) is calling for the gym and sauna used by lawmakers to be closed while the government is shut down.
Foster introduced legislation on Sunday that would close the gym and sauna that is reserved for members of Congress.
Foster’s reasoning in introducing the legislation is that representatives should be focusing on ending the partial government shutdown and nothing else.
“During the Trump Shutdown, not only are Members still able to access the taxpayer-funded gym, sauna, and steam room while tens of thousands of federal employees remain furloughed, but janitorial staff are still required to clean the gym and restock it with towels and other ‘essential items,’” Foster wrote in a statement announcing his Shutdown Prioritization Act proposal.
According to Rep. Foster’s website:
“President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ refusal to pass and sign a clean continuing resolution to reopen government is an abdication of their responsibilities as elected officials. During the Trump Shutdown, however, Republican leadership continues to deem the Congressional spa used by Members of the House of Representatives to be ‘essential.’ Speaker Ryan continues to use the gym during this shutdown while federal workers face uncertainty over the holidays. The only essential task Members of Congress have during a government shutdown is negotiating an end to the shutdown,” Foster said. “It’s time to tell President Trump and Congressional Republicans to end their Congressional perks during a shutdown and focus on getting the government up and running. We need to get federal employees back to work and to provide funding for priorities important to the American people.”
Foster’s bill is little more than yet another childish and spiteful hissy fit of the type that has been the party’s trademark since President Trump won the election and will continue until well after his inevitable reelection.
Hopefully, Santa left this big baby a pacifier in his stocking for Christmas because the new Democrat majority may as well rename the lower chamber as Romper Room.
