Video: Rick Nolan (DFL-MN8) angrily calls on Boehner to cancel the House's vacation

[Brickbat]

That's my rep! Love him, and his accent.

[spartan61]

1. Congress needs another vacation???

Why??????

[Brickbat]

3. Those funds aren't going to raise themselves!

Oh...I mean, uh, listening sessions and stuff.

[AndyA]

2. I like your Rep! I guess you know you're lucky to have someone who recognizes the problem

Congress isn't working, because they're too busy taking time off. (And trying to repeal Obamacare, strip women of their rights, etc.)

Boehner is more interested in playing golf, maintaining his tan, and having a brew with the boys than he is anything else. The ones who support all this time off need to be shown the door at the first opportunity!

[napkinz]

4. Stupid is as stupid does ---->

[Jenoch]

5. Mr. Nolan was my representative

when he was in the house back in the 70s. I was just a kid when we went to Washington but I remember he took us on a tour. We were going up the steps of the Capitol Building and we saw an entourage coming down the steps. Mr. Kennedy introduced us to Senator Kennedy. Went to the public viewing area inside the house chamber and then he took us to lunch in the Senate dining room. I wouldn't say my father was a good friend of Mr. Nolan, but he was a prominent businessman in the second largest city in the district. (At that time, the Minnesota 6th was the most rural district in the nation. The largest city had a population of under 15,000.)

[Brickbat]

7. What a memory!

I am so proud of Nolan and his experience. He's a treasure.

[Brickbat]

6. Kicking for his voice, which reminds me a little of Humphrey.

[Jenoch]

8. They both have/had a bit of a nasal quality to their voices.

That same trip where I mentioned our time with Mr. Nolan my brothers and I got to meet and get photos with Senator Humphrey, Sentator Wendy Anderson, VP Mondale, and USSC Justices Warren Burger and Harry Blackmun (both raised in Minnesota). There was a broadcasters convention in Washington and the Minnesota broadcasters organized a banquet in which to honor Senator Humphrey (he had already been diagnosed with cancer). I know this sounds like made up B.S. but it really happened. The dinner was in the same room where the Watergate searings and the Army–McCarthy hearings were held. I was 15 at the time, but I was just old enough to be impressed by the event. We have a snapshot of my mom doing a photobomb behind VP Mondale.

[Brickbat]

9. You hit the jackpot!

Thanks for sharing your memories. Those were the days.