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https://www.fox4news.com/news/lawmakers-sleeping-politics-meeting- WASHINGTON - Seems like even the country's lawmakers know that politics can be a bit of a snoozefest as a few had to be woken up during committee sessions.
On Wednesday, Representative Blake Moore of Utah had to be shaken awake, by Minnesota Rep. Michelle Fischbach, to cast his vote on an amendment during an all-night Ways and Means Committee hearing.
The meeting started around 2:30 p.m. local time and continued on through the night. The meeting focused on discussing and voting on amendments to a Republican reconciliation bill.
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Footage showed Moore sound asleep in his chair as he was called on to vote on an amendment around 5 a.m. Wednesday local time
Two other lawmakers also fell asleep during a marathon U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce markup meeting that lasted for more than 20 hours.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, 80, of Illinois, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, 71, of Michigan, each appeared to fall asleep at different points during the meeting that was held to discuss and vote on amendments to the budget bill.
Dingell commented on the situation in a post on X, saying: "Been up for 31 hours straight fighting Republicans trying to gut Medicaid. Closed my eyes to think about an America where everyone has access to quality, affordable health care."
Schakowsky also posted a comment, saying: "We’re on hour 25 of our marathon markup where my colleagues and I are fighting all day and night to protect health care access for all Americans."
They're "fighting day and night".. by SLEEPING ?!?
I'm actually slightly more forgiving of the two elderly Democrats on the committee, old people tend to just fade out and nod off unexpectedly.
But Utah Republican Blake Moore is only 44. What's his excuse.?
Each of them earn about $175,000 a year for a job where they're only in session about 4 months of the year.
And at any age, there is this inexpensive thing they might have heard of called coffee, that would keep them awake.
