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CONGRESSWOMAN Debbie Dingell received major backlash after she fell asleep during an overnight hearing on Capitol Hill. 

Dingell, 71, hilariously took a nap during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday.

A congresswoman asleep at her desk during a session.
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell fell asleep during a meeting at Capitol HillCredit: X/MatthewFoldi
Jan Schakowsky, 80, also fell asleep as one lawmaker was speakingCredit: C-Span
Congressman asleep at his desk during a session.
Blake Moore was also caught snoozing during the meetingCredit: C-Span

In a video of the meeting, Dingell could be seen snoozing in her seat surrounded by three beverages.

The Michigan congresswoman was called an “absolute joke” after she dozed off during the meeting.

“WTF?! Democrat Rep. Debbie Dingell is literally ASLEEP in a committee hearing this morning,” one account posted on X.

“Congress is an absolute joke.”

Another person wrote: “On our tax dollar – disgraceful!”

Dingell didn’t seem to take too much offense at the comments as she snapped back with her own post on X.

“Been up for 31 hours straight fighting Republicans trying to gut Medicaid,” she wrote. 

“Closed my eyes to think about an America where everyone has access to quality, affordable health care.”

Dingell wasn’t the only politician to take a nap during the long meeting.

Jan Schakowsky from Illinois and Utah Republican representative Blake Moore also took a brief snooze. 

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Schakowsky, 80, could be seen napping in the corner of a video, where one lawmaker was speaking right next to her. 

In one video, Moore, 44, is seen lightly shaken awake by another lawmaker after missing a question.

“This is why they never get anything done,” one X user jokingly wrote.

The meeting in Washington, DC, was about Donald Trump’s new tax bill, which is proposed to cut $5 trillion.

The bill would remove tax on tips, Social Security income and car loan interest.

Trump’s massive bill would also include reductions in Medicaid, food stamps, and green energy strategies.

Closed my eyes to think about an America where everyone has access to quality, affordable health care.

Debbie Dingellresponding to the backlash on X

Dingell eventually came to it later in the meeting when she spoke about the understaffing in nursing homes.

“Persistent understaffing remains an issue in nursing homes, causing hardship for elderly and disabled Americans residing in these facilities,” she stated.

“In fact, people have died. We saw too many stories coming out of Covid where people have died.

“Our long-term care system is broken.”

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