There seems to be a misconception that Congress cannot agree on anything — party-line votes, partisan bickering and dysfunction. Their average attendance in the halls of Congress is 150 to 160 days per year.
Voters should reflect that in 2008, when the country was near financial collapse and subsequently sunk into a recession, all of Congress swung into action and, unanimously, on a partisan vote, went on vacation. Congress is again on vacation, possibly coming back after Labor Day.
We have been continuously bombarded with tabloid politics, mud-slinging, gossip and personal attacks on one another. Both parties have given no specifics to address hunger, poverty, low wages, repeated outsourcing of jobs, continual fraud in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Not one member of Congress, some in office over 20 years, has stood up and encouraged fellow members to stay in session and put this country first. The claim that we need those of experience in Congress is questionable.
