ICYMI: Republican Retreat Itinerary
As Congressional Republicans head to Philadelphia today for their three-day retreat, we wanted to be sure you had their updated (and by updated, we mean alternative) itinerary. Check it out here:
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
1:00 PM: How to Take Health Care Away from 30 Million Americans
2:00 PM: Town Hall Survival Guide: Planning Your Escape Route
3:00 PM: What Women Want: Lower Wages and No Reproductive Choice
4:00PM: When Two Plus Two Equals Five: Working with Alternative Facts
5:00 PM: Twitterspeak: Usage and Interpretation. SAD!
6:00 PM*: Dinner Discussion: Tipping: The New Minimum Wage
*Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s will be served.
7:00 PM: Team Building Exercise: How to Get Along with our President
8:30 PM: Evening Entertainment: Alternative Fact Finding Mission: Is the Liberty Bell REALLY Cracked?
Thursday, January 26, 2017
9:00 AM: Paying for Tax Cuts
10:00 AM: Exploding the Deficit 101
11:00 AM: Navigating the Appropriations Process: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving Governing Year to Year on a CR
12:00 PM*: Lunch Discussion: Latino Outreach Post-2016 Election
* Taco salad bowls will be served during this session.
2:00 PM: Spin Zone: What to Say When Constituents Ask When Mexico Will Pay for the Wall
3:00 PM: Climate Change: Hoax or Conspiracy?
4:00 PM: America First: Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
5:00 PM: No Tax Returns, No Problem: Keeping Americans In The Dark On Trump’s Foreign Business Interests.
6:00 PM: Executive Branch Oversight: How to Root out Nepotism and Conflicts of Interest
7:00 PM: Keynote Address from President Trump: TBD (Check @realDonaldTrump)
8:30 PM*: Movie Night: “From Russia with Love”
*RSVP not required—we already know if you’re attending or not.
Friday, January 27, 2017
9:00 AM*: Pay Your Nanny’s Payroll Taxes
*This is not a panel. Please use this time to actually pay taxes due for your household employees.
10:00 AM: The Future of Education: Understanding Which Kids Matter and Which Ones Don’t
11:00 AM: Voter Fraud: Not Letting the Facts Get in the Way
12:00PM: Closing Session: The Art of (Not) Governing