Since Congress left town watching the news has been more enjoyable with the exception of the conservative news media. With congressional leaders at home they are not in the news with their usual ranting and raving about every thing they can think of. The news on the current situation in Iraq has been calm.
Just think how it would be so much more enjoyable if congress had done their work and job on those pressing issues the country faces before they went home. That would have been ideal but congress thinks we ask too much of them.
The real sad part about when they return to Washington is the U.S. House has very few work days scheduled before the November elections and they are on record as saying they do not plan on taking up any major legislation until after the elections.
There was a time when congress would give the President an up or down vote on his agenda. After all, the President is elected by the people in all 50 states, no so members of congress who represent only one state and in the case of the U.S.House, only one or more districts. That all changed with the newly found unAmerican conservative ideology of the republicn party and has gotten worse with the advent of the Tea Party republicans.
And make no mistake, the people have not yet heard the last talk about impeachment or shutting down the federal government again.
This commentary written by John Lucia
