Ezra Klein, over at the WashingtonPost.com,
had a tasty item yesterday on his Wonkbook blog:
The 113th Congress now
in session is making a serious run for the title as the laziest Congress in
history.
I think that's a polite way to say
that all those Senators and Congresspersons are just completely focused on
playing their let's-get-reelected political games, and so they're not spending
any time on doing the real people's business, like boosting growth in our
national economy and helping to create jobs for the millions of Americans who
want to work.
So far in the current session,
the 113th Congress has passed 15 bills that became law. That's not
even one every week. We have enough national problems to make a-bill-a-day seem
like the right pace, more or less….
You can read his depressing rundown on the past do-nothing Congresses here.
Klein mentioned that the current
crew of 535 incumbents are "less popular than dirt mixed with mud."
Why do we keep re-electing these
people? Most voters could honestly say that Congress isn't looking out for
their interests….
The less they do the better off we are. If they could only undo some laws then that would be great!!
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