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I very nearly stopped reading at "congresscritters," which would have been a shame, because the rest of your comment is quite reasonable.

• ddingus 11y ago
  Congresscritters isn't such a bad reference. I actually like it, and consider it a bit flippant, but otherwise benign.
  • vonmoltke 11y ago
    I use it frequently. It's my preferred gender-neutral term for referring to members of Congress. I don't know it's true origin, but I picked it up from Dave Barry.
    • afarrell 11y ago
      I wasn't aware it was anything other than a slightly-silly gender-neutral term for members of the House of Representatives. I suppose 'critters' could be pejorative but I'd not seen it used that way.
    • ddingus 11y ago
      Indeed. That's where I saw it initially as well.
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