Is Jon Stewart right that Congress often worked on Christmas?
By Bill Adair
Published on Friday, December 9th, 2011 at 6:48 a.m.
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"When the country was founded, Congress had exactly the same attitude about the sanctity of Christmas celebrations that a 7-Eleven does today: 'Yeah, we're open.'"
Jon Stewart, Tuesday, December 6th, 2011.
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Jon Stewart during Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" on Dec. 6, 2011
We don't usually check comedians, but a factual claim by Jon Stewart piqued our interest.
The Daily Show host said members of Congress in the 1700s and early 1800s often worked on Christmas. He cited a clip from the History Channel.
Really?
PolitiFact Rhode Island dug into the congressional attendance records and discovered Congress actually rarely met on Christmas.
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