Forget about the party affiliation of the deceased house member. My issue with this is that with the country not having an actual budget for years now, and knowing that the debt increase will only last thru January plus all the other things needed to be done, does it make sense to stop all of the work needed for the country in order to pay your respects for one house member who made government his career? By all means, honor the guy with 10 minutes of silence to reflect on his time in the house before the start of the day or have a wake at a bar in DC in the guys honor AFTER HOURS. But to shut down the house to fly everyone to FL for the guys funeral? Over the top IMHO.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/insi...ill-young/

Absolute waste of time. Just like whatever they would be doing if they stayed. But at least taxpayers would be spared the cost of travel.