# House of Representatives to end page program.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-to-end-page-program/591990>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 8, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-to-end-page-program/591990 "2011-08-08T21:03:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-to-end-page-program/591990/21 "2011-08-09T16:40:33Z")

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And I thought they were going to kill the program because one of the pages had [politically embarassed](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/celebrity-and-controversy-surround-parliaments-rogue-page/article2048127/) the politicians…

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-to-end-page-program/591990/22 "2011-08-09T23:42:58Z")

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So Congress is worried about a $5 million annual expenditure? Wow, they are getting serious about budget cuts now. Take THAT S&P!

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**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-to-end-page-program/591990/23 "2011-08-10T15:42:44Z")

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> [@jtgain](#):
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> So Congress is worried about a $5 million annual expenditure? Wow, they are getting serious about budget cuts now. Take THAT S&P!

You spelled \*anal \*wrong.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-to-end-page-program/591990/24 "2011-08-11T22:47:34Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Was that _really_ necessary?

Hey, made _me_ laugh.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-to-end-page-program/591990/25 "2011-08-12T14:35:49Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> It’s probably best for the safety of those boys, now that Republicans control the House again.

You know, Dio, that was just really uncalled for.

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