Vol 6 Chapter 280: disturb
In the early morning, George Town was quiet and tidy. Feng Yiping ran slowly on the streets full of European architecture and European style.
Although not far from the central area where the White House is located, he still prefers the atmosphere here.
is equivalent to the central area near Pennsylvania Avenue on Chang'an Avenue. Although magnificent, no matter when it is, it does not seem to be very popular, and it always feels too far away from the world.
is not like here, it is full of life.
Hearing movement behind him, he gave way to the side of the road. An uncle, wearing a helmet and only short shorts, drove by on a reclining bicycle on the road beside him.
Beside the bus stop behind, a bus is approaching. In such a quiet morning, the dull air valve and the sound of closing doors make people feel a little relieved somehow.
He quickly gave up again. On the bench by the road, there should be a person lying on the bench. The whole person was covered with quilt. Half of the quilt fell to the ground. There was a pair of leather shoes in front of him.
This is already the third homeless person he encountered this morning.
On the streets of the capital of the world's most powerful country, not far from the White House and Capitol Hill, he saw such a homeless person, which made him somewhat emotional.
In the country, because he didn't run in the morning near Chang'an Avenue, he didn't know if it would happen there.
But probably not.
Our requirements for the appearance of the city have always been very strict.
But the homeless person's leather shoes, which at least look good, can still watch each other silently, which really made Feng Yiping a little surprised.
If this is also a common phenomenon, then it seems to be somewhat commendable.
Because of work, it turned out that he had just started working recently, and he had slept in the railway station lobby when he was on a business trip. Even on such occasions, he dared not take off his shoes.
Regarding Quora, is it best to operate independently or directly as a new feature of Facebook?
If it is a new feature of Facebook, it does not seem to be called Quora, it should be called Facebook answer or something more appropriate.
But he always felt that such a question-and-answer website should operate independently at the beginning.
Facebook already has a lot of good features. According to Feng Yiping’s proposal, Zach is leading the engineers to develop another product that will be very important in the future, WhatsApp.
The concept of this product has long been mentioned in the hackathon that Facebook has been holding. After the first-generation iPhone was officially launched, Feng Yiping made suggestions.
Because he didn't know when WhatsApp was originally launched, so naturally it is better to be earlier.
He vaguely remembered that Facebook had originally spent a lot of money to acquire WhatsApp.
Now he doesn't want to spend such wronged money.
So, it doesn't seem to be too urgent to let Facebook add a question and answer function at this time.
Perhaps, let it operate independently, but you can allow users to log in with Facebook accounts, and then, after it has developed to a certain stage, it will be incorporated into Facebook. Would it be a good arrangement?
The sound of kicking came from the front, and it was a mounted policeman turning from the road over there.
Feng Yiping finally turned back near Georgetown University. There were a lot of Harleys parked there. Some knights with hats and sunglasses, many people with beards gathered around, and did not know whether they had arrived or were about to leave.
The figures of the riders-including the ladies, are mostly as strong as their motorcycles.
According to the domestic traditional concept, this is a group of guys who will immediately stop the crying of children.
Seeing Feng Yiping looking at them, some people nodded towards Feng Yiping, and then watched him slowly running back along the original road.
Irving and the others, who followed him, successfully attracted the attention of the knights. Who is this young Asian?
Judging from the composition of his security personnel, he obviously does not look like the senior officials of the Asian embassies and consulates, or the second generation of Quan in Asian countries.
This question, they may quickly forget, maybe one day, when they see Feng Yiping on TV again, they will suddenly realize, and thus remember this morning.
Feng Yiping, at this time, is already considering another question. Will Governor Shi and California take action today?
looked at the direction of Capitol Hill, frankly, he was really looking forward to it.
At this time, not far from him, the old grandmother he remembers, California Representative Pelosi, who is also the Speaker of the House of Representatives, also woke up in her mansion on the Potomac River in Georgetown.
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Compared to 2006 and November 2007, Capitol Hill is really very quiet.
The election of members of the United States Congress is held every two years on November 7th in even-numbered years.
In odd-numbered terms, congressional elections will be held at the same time as the US presidential election.
For example, the 109th Congress was held at the same time as the US presidential election in 2004.
Every even-numbered term, such as the 110th Congress election in 2006, will be held separately.
This kind of election is the "mid-term election" that Americans often call.
The focus of the midterm elections is that the Democrats and Republicans compete for control of Congress. At the same time, at the local level, the governors of 37 states will be re-elected.
Therefore, the mid-term elections in the United States can be said to be the vane of the presidential election.
In November last year, Capitol Hill was busy. Then, the Democrats did a miracle. After 12 years, the Democrats once again won control of the Senate and House of Representatives, making Republican President Bush Jr. a lame duck.
At the local level, the Democratic Party has 28 governors, and the Republican Party has only 22 seats-which in fact probably heralded the winner of the 2008 presidential election.
After the hustle and bustle of last year, Capitol Hill in November this year, even if it was recently heatedly discussed because of the subprime mortgage crisis, still seemed very calm.
This calm is actually related to the working hours of the congressmen.
The American people have long complained about the working hours of these public servants on Capitol Hill. Experts have counted them. On average, the working hours of congressmen are only three days a week.
Generally speaking, for important meetings that require everyone to vote, the Senate and the House of Representatives are usually scheduled on Monday or Friday. In this way, the members of the House of Representatives have already returned home-they usually say they are back to the electoral district and have enough time to rush. Go back to Capitol Hill to vote.
But I have to say that the reason why lawmakers are doing this is that society is progressing behind the scenes.
Because unlike before, many of the congressmen’s wives also have jobs, so more and more family members of congressmen are reluctant to settle in Washington.
As a last resort, members of Congress, such as Little O’Hare, had to run home and Capitol Hill.
It's not just that the average congressman doesn't spend much time on Capitol Hill, it's the same for the leaders of Congress.
For example, the leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives will probably only give a brief report on Tuesday, and then hold a concluding press conference on Thursday, and then they will flash.
And today ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ happens to be Wednesday. Members of Parliament on Capitol Hill have the least time of the week. Relatively speaking, it is also the most leisure time of the week.
However, although the councillors may not be in the office, the office is still running tightly and orderly. The staff and interns, under the leadership of the chief of staff, work in an orderly manner.
Their main job is to make all kinds of preparations for the next meeting of parliamentarians.
This kind of preparation mainly includes two major aspects, one's own preparation, and finding a way to understand other congressmen, especially the preparation of the next meeting for the next meeting.
Like other places, those interns who have obtained internship qualifications are still at the bottom of the food chain here. At this time, most of them can only do the work of sorting out documents and answering phone calls.
Originally, Wednesday morning should be relatively comfortable, but today, it is obviously different.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, some of them just poured a cup of coffee for themselves. Before they had time to take a sip, the phone on the table rang.
After , several telephones in the office kept ringing one after another. The caller was nominally the boss of their boss, that is, the voters in the district where the parliamentarians were located.
Such a lively scene includes the offices of 53 senators in California on Capitol Hill and the offices of 2 senators.
Before 10 o'clock, those congressmen who were in Washington but not in the office rushed to Capitol Hill after receiving the notice, including Granny Pelosi.
