It’s No Picnic in the Senate
Gail Collins, NYT
MAY 23, 2014
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Time for summer fun! So let’s discuss Congressional gridlock.
Really, what did you expect? If you want a barbecue, go light some charcoal.
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about Congress. Do you remember when we used to complain all the time about how our legislators can’t get things done? Now we can go for weeks — months! — without even wondering what the little devils are up to.
Which is very, very little. “I don’t like to say this is the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Sarah Binder, a Congressional expert at the Brookings Institution, who thinks this is the worst she’s ever seen.
In the Senate, which is always the more interesting spot, the Republicans say they have to stall things because they’re protesting the way the majority leader, Harry Reid, bullies them around and won’t let them offer amendments.
(More here.)
MAY 23, 2014
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Time for summer fun! So let’s discuss Congressional gridlock.
Really, what did you expect? If you want a barbecue, go light some charcoal.
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about Congress. Do you remember when we used to complain all the time about how our legislators can’t get things done? Now we can go for weeks — months! — without even wondering what the little devils are up to.
Which is very, very little. “I don’t like to say this is the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Sarah Binder, a Congressional expert at the Brookings Institution, who thinks this is the worst she’s ever seen.
In the Senate, which is always the more interesting spot, the Republicans say they have to stall things because they’re protesting the way the majority leader, Harry Reid, bullies them around and won’t let them offer amendments.
(More here.)
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