Doing nothing is what Congress does best. It’s another recess week for our lazy leaders.
By the time the Republican-led House returns this week, members will have been working in Washington, D.C. on just 41 of the first 127 days of 2012 — and that was the busy part of the year. They are planning to be on vacation — er, doing “constituent work” — 17 of the year’s remaining 34 weeks, and even when they are in town the typical workweek is three days.
Thomas Austin
Vancouver
