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> The staffers don't depend on Twitter to do their job Sure looks to me like they are. I guess we'll just have to disagree.

• romwell 3y ago
  Fair. Seems like that's the root of disagreement. If they can't do their job without Twitter, then I can agree with the rest of what you said. Sadly, the entire Congress is so dysfunctional that it's very hard to determine whether the staffers do or don't do a good job (and which of these possibilities is a better one). That's the part which the UK student doesn't seem to get (and which makes me feel the savant label is fitting): knowing all the rules doesn't matter when playing by the rules isn't a goal. Same goes for having the power which they never intended to use in the first place, because the unwritten rules matter more. The whole thing about rules is that without a central enforcement mechanism, it's all about whether you have enough clout and chutzpah to use or break a certain rule. Just because a rule exists (and has been enacted before), doesn't mean invoking it isn't free. It's just cheaper than doing the same thing against the rules.