Congress clocks in to clock out
By Dana Milbank,
WashPost
Published: May 31
At 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Senate came to order. Forty-one seconds later, it adjourned.
During this legislative session, there was no bill under consideration, no debate on the floor, not even an opening prayer or a pledge of allegiance. The only senator in the chamber was Mark Warner (D-Va.), the presiding officer.
After completing his gavel duties, Warner looked up at the 20 tourists in the public gallery and wondered aloud to the clerk what the spectators must think of the proceedings.
“They think, ‘this is our government?’ ” the clerk replied.
That’s if they’re being charitable.
(More here.)
WashPost
Published: May 31
At 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Senate came to order. Forty-one seconds later, it adjourned.
During this legislative session, there was no bill under consideration, no debate on the floor, not even an opening prayer or a pledge of allegiance. The only senator in the chamber was Mark Warner (D-Va.), the presiding officer.
After completing his gavel duties, Warner looked up at the 20 tourists in the public gallery and wondered aloud to the clerk what the spectators must think of the proceedings.
“They think, ‘this is our government?’ ” the clerk replied.
That’s if they’re being charitable.
(More here.)
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2 Comments:
The Democrat-controlled Senate hasn't passed a budget in 762 days. A new low and for the most part, not covered by the 'major' media or Vox Verax.
Speaking of clocks. Why doesn't Vox Verax have that debt clock on its blog that it had running daily during the Bush Administration?
Perhaps the debt is a good debt because the Democrats are running it up and not Republicans.
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