Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130726:13:36:00
One week from today, house members will be able to skip town for a month of summer recess. house lawmakers are scheduled to meet for 126 days this year. that's a slight increase from 2012 when they were scheduled for 107 days. but that was for campaign days, because 2012 was a campaign year. they call district workweeks to hold town halls and spend time with local officialsp in a recent study by the management foundation found that members do spend most of their time at homeworking with constituents it if you think there's a lot of time away from washington, it's nothing compared to what washi...