From Suitably Flip:

Congressional Dems Brandishing Twin Guns of Ineffectiveness and Laziness

I see over the weekend that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is proposing that Congress works a shorter work week in 2008 than they did in 2007.  Because, you know, if you aren’t getting anything done, the answer is to work less:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 — Shortly after winning a majority last year, Democrats triumphantly declared that they would put Congress back to work, promising an “end to the two-day workweek.”

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But 10 months into the session, with their legislative agenda often in gridlock with the Bush administration and a big election year looming, the Democrats are now planning a lighter schedule when the 110th Congress begins its second year in mid-January.

The House majority leader, Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, told fellow Democrats this week that the House would not be in session next year on Fridays, except in June for work on appropriations bills.

Explaining that decision to reporters, Mr. Hoyer said, “I do intend to have more time for members to work in their districts and to be close to their families.”

You know — I’d like to spend more time with my family, too instead of working. I’m sure most of us would.

Chalk it up to just one more campaign promise broken by the Democrats (Nancy: say “hello” to Rep. William “Cold Cash” Jefferson and Rep. John “ABSCAM” Murtha for me while you’re busy “draining the swamp”)…

So what has Congress been doing to keep itself so busy — apparently not much more than holding a record number of Roll Call Votes, drafting non-binding resolutions, and naming stuff after themselves:

On Wednesday, the House cast its one-thousandth roll-call vote of the year, the first time that it reached that mark since the Constitution was ratified. Democrats hailed the occasion, while Republicans sniped that only 106 of the votes were on bills ultimately signed into law, and that 45 of those bestowed names on post offices or other property.

“Unlike Congress, the American people do not mistake motion for progress,” said Representative Thaddeus G. McCotter, Republican of Michigan. “They want results. And given the approval ratings, they are certainly convinced they aren’t getting them.”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — I don’t believe there is a single completely honest or truly decent person serving in our Congress today.

This group of people represents the dirtiest, greediest, most corrupt, most egotistical, and most self-serving group of people within our country. To get to this level of power in American politics you have to have sold yourself out a long time ago.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Monday, October 29th, 2007 | Trackback |