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This is what truely infuriates me about the current state of politics in Washington.
This week in Congress: A bust - Seung Min Kim and Burgess Everett - POLITICO.com
How about we lock both houses of congress up in a room and do not let them out until they resolve the crisis facing the nation right now.
This week in Congress: A bust - Seung Min Kim and Burgess Everett - POLITICO.com
It’s 3:15 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon. Do you know where your member of Congress is?
Tangled up in procedural hurdles, the Senate failed to advance on an energy efficiency bill trumpeted as a model of bipartisanship and called off votes for the rest of this week. The House had been already gone for several hours after swiftly passing an anti-Obamacare bill that the White House has vowed to veto and pulling a bill to fund the government amid a conservative revolt.
That meant by mid-afternoon on a Thursday, Congress was done with its work week and lawmakers were on their way home — leaving the major crises of the day unsolved. Again.
Yes, this was supposed to be one of the most consequential weeks for Congress, fresh off its annual five-week recess and facing critical votes on authorizing strikes in Syria and government funding that is about to run dry. But with the fate of military action hinging on diplomatic talks and the two parties unable to resolve differences over the budget, this week on Capitol Hill turned out to be an absolute bust — particularly on fiscal matters.
“It’s an unfortunate pattern,” said Sen. Angus King (I-Maine). “And the trouble is it’s become a standard way of doing business and it doesn’t have to be that way.”
How about we lock both houses of congress up in a room and do not let them out until they resolve the crisis facing the nation right now.