Not accurate at all!


I know this is a simple comedy, and I tried to look at it for what it was, but EVERYTHING about Congress is this movie is incorrect. Just a few that I have seen in the first few minutes of the movie are as follows:

-The number on the bill is way too high for being early in the session.
-Rep. Baxter's office is entirely too big, and looks nothing like ANY office in Congress (including the House and Senate).
-You cant be a junior sponsor of a bill, you can co-sponsor a bill though.
-The "Halls of Congress" do not look like that, nor do the office buildings.
-The committee meeting is just plain wrong and I think they got the name of the House committee wrong.
-Members of Congress generally do not move their whole family to the DC area, and they could rarely afford a house that big, and there is no location near the Nation's Capital that looks like that.
-Neither Members of Congress, nor their staff park on the street on the Mall.

It seems like they could have hired a former Congressional staffer, intern, or custodial engineer to advise them on Congressional accuracies, but clearly they didn't. I tried to look at this at face value, but it is so hard when this movie resembles NOTHING of Congress. Maybe they were trying to make the job of serving in Congress look more glamorous than it is.

If you want a fairly accurate (in terms of the buildings and procedures) look at Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

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I agree with Dunder Head's post. It's a comedy, not a political thriller.

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It's not "sci-fi", it's SF!

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And I don't think congressmen can be suspended. Expelled, yes. But I've never heard of one being suspended.

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The orginal poster is a dumb ass troll, can you people not see that ?

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How is pointing out factual errors troll behavior? Please google what a "troll" actually is.



Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that, I'll be over here, looking through your stuff

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The OP may be a bit over scrupulous, but not "dumb ass troll."

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Damn it, I came in here hoping for a creotard...

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Are these the ONLY things you think aren't accurate in this satirical movie, you political nerd?

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These are the only things he mentioned in HIS THIS topic that weren't accurate.. I agree, given it is just a comedy isn't an excuse, they should still try to get some basic facts correct and modify the script accordingly, one of the reasons why only 5 rating.. audience is a lot smarter that film makers take them for.

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I look at it like this.

This movie represented the US Congress about as well as King Ralph represented British Parliament.

But these both had John Goodman so the have that going for them...

"White Castle! Sliders! They taste better when your drunk."-John Goodman

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You just want to show off your insider knowledge. Yeah, we envy you. You are cool being around there.

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if you are going to be picky representatives have an office in their home capital.. they go to Washington three or four times a year and often share an apartment with two or three other representatives. The pay for a representative is only about 65,000 after having been in seat

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