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A Break for a Job "Un-Well" Done
Washington,
Jul 30 -
Look at this blurb from last week’s Time: The 260 laws passed by the 110th Congress represent a 30-year low, and they include the naming of 74 post offices, not to mention the nonbinding resolutions designating July National Watermelon Month and recognizing dirt as an essential natural resource. Approval of Congress has sunk to a record low: 9% of people in a Rasmussen poll think lawmakers are doing a good or excellent job. The happiest news in this for the Democrats running the place is that about 40% of voters think the Republicans are still in charge.
It’s pretty clear what the American people think about the job the Democrat-led Congress has done and with a performance review like that one - it's past time to get to work. But, never one to let facts get in the way, this Do-Nothing Democratic Congress still believes they deserve a break for a job well done. And that's exactly what they did today by voting to go on a five-week long vacation.
17 Democrats joined Republicans today in opposing the adjournment resolution, because they rightly feel that Congress should not leave town until it takes up and passes legislation addressing sky-rocketing energy prices. When the price of gas is over $4 a gallon, it’s hard to justify a vote to go on vacation when so many American families can’t afford theirs. American workers and businesses are struggling because of high energy costs and it’s time the Democratic majority takes this issue seriously.
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