Less than a week after President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address called for Americans to return to the office after two years of COVID-19 restrictions, numerous Democratic offices in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have failed to end their work-from-home policies.
A Washington Free Beacon investigation after Biden's speech found that many Democratic offices completely closed and unstaffed, with several displaying signs that they were not returning to work due to COVID-19. Included among the shuttered offices was none other than that of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.). In the middle of the workday his front desk was unstaffed, and there was nobody in sight. His office did not respond to a request for comment about when its teleworking policy would end.
The office of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.), who faces a tough reelection battle in the fall, was closed as well, with a sign on the door that says, "Cleaning not required." Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), who chairs the budget committee, has also kept his office closed and put a sign on his door with text stating the closure was part of "an effort to prevent the spread of germs and bacteria." Neither Cortez Masto's nor Sanders's office replied to a request for comment.
The vacancies came days after Biden spoke to a maskless crowd of lawmakers urging Americans to put pandemic measures, such as teleworking, in the rear-view mirror. "It's time for Americans to get back to work and fill our great downtowns again," Biden said. "People working from home can feel safe to begin to return to the office." The line earned a standing ovation from Democrats in the crowd.
Biden's call for workers to return to the office was seen as an attempt to instill a sense of normalcy in the country following numerous polls that show Americans growing weary of COVID-19 restrictions. Many Democratic governors and mayors, including Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser, have called on employers to end their work-from-home policies, citing the damage it inflicts on local businesses.
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And yet, they gave themselves a 25% raise? We the people need a ballot measure to vote on for their raises, not them. We the people would end their pay raises, give them a pay cut for poor job performance and eliminate all their support staff and pelosi's million dollar annual budget. If they have no support staff for a bill they vote on and don't read, then maybe, just maybe, they would make all bills one page only. Lol with having a real govt that actually does their job and not get all the special interest money kickbacks. At least all the corrupt politians and their families are losing their million dollars of monthly payments now from Ukraine
The Democrats do work hard in destroying this great nation. If they open their offices things could get worst.
When a person "HATES" their Country-!!!
A person who is so far off normal; who leads a party that can't even spell normal; thinks keeping the Capitol closed is normal? He may have called for it; but it was just words, as he well knew. And so did we! Nothing that comes out of his mouth, if it is legal, is accurate.
If they work for us, and aren't showing up to work......why can't we fire them?