Congressional Business as Usual

Well, all the high-sounding talk about Republicans "getting" the message of the voters in the last election has proven to be nothing but a lot of hot air. It's apparently back to business as usual in D.C. There is an article in the news today saying that congress will not manage to even attempt to pass a single important bill before it adjourns for the last time. That includes the budget they have not bothered to settle on. The very best they might do is pass an interim spending authorization to keep government agencies open. That's it.

No budget. This might actually be a good thing as it would permit Democrats to strip out all the pork and garbage and perhaps send a much leaner budget to the President. That's assuming that Democrats will do that which is iffy at best.

This congress will not address the issue of border security. It will not address port security or illegal immigration as it promised. It won't pass ethics reform as it promised. It won't pass lobbying reform as it promised. The fact is, according to the story I read, it won't do much of anything it's not absolutely forced to and will adjourn early rather than stay in session right up until Christmas and actually work hard to get important legislation finished so they can prove to the voters that they really aren't just a do-nothing bunch of crooks. Then again, maybe there is a good reason for that.