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[rhu]

The press coverage of the Congressional impasse seemed to say that among the reasons for the delay in coming to a resolution was Rosh Hashanah.

That ought to be ridiculous. There's no reason why Jewish Members of Congress couldn't arrange for a vatikin service at sunrise, be done by 9:30am, and get to work.

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[fauxklore]

I suspect the opposite.

It's easy to get information about the number of Jews in Congress. There are 13 Jewish senators and 30 Jewish representatives. Which is 13% of the Senate and just under 7% of the House. Info on religion is included in the profiles in the Congressional Handbook, by the way. One of the Senate Jews, Chuck Schumer, is on the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Jews on the House Committee on Financial Services are Barney Frank, Brad Sherman, Ron Klein, Paul Hodes and Gary Ackerman, (By the way, looking up this info was the first clue I had as to my representative's religion;)

I don't know of a source for such info for staffers, but I suspect their demographics more closely mirror the demographics of the U.S., in general. None of the professional staffers I know are Jewish, but that doesn't particularly mean anything since, with the exception of somebody I've met at alumni events, I only know staffers who work on particular types of issues.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Gee... Barney Frank is my Representative, and Gary Ackerman is my parents'.