From an op-ed piece titled Democracy in tatters at parliament.

Man: Consensus?

Man: Success! Comedy drama round one

Kid: You mean they’ll be a second round Dad?

Lawmaker: Who says we’re getting paid for doing nothing! I’m working don’t you know!

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Lawmakers, whose terms will end in October, are making sure that the whopping US$26 million budgeted by the House in 2013 for overseas junkets doesn’t go to waste, with three groups of lawmakers visiting New Zealand in April and May to conduct so-called ‘comparative studies’ to gather information related to legislation (one group will visit the