this was the perfect opportunity for

Yes! The good men of Congress stayed home to protect their rugged homesteads from invading hordes of frosty beers. Bears...I mean BEARS! Did I say ‘beers’? Damn autocorrect[hiccup] iPhone!

And for most of existence, women haven’t had the privilege of not showing up. No matter how sick or busy, they couldn’t stop mothering. Women have been working around the clock, rain or snow or plague or shine, for millenia.

More snow then, please

...and not a one of those senators who stayed home touched a shovel or vacuum cleaner.