Jackie Calmes: Is this the worst Congress ever? Let's count the ways
More than halfway through the current two-year Congress, the "lawmakers" there bring to mind the old schoolyard quip about slacker students: They're really good at recess. This pre-Easter week is the first of two that the House and Senate are taking off, though it seems like only yesterday they recessed for two weeks to mark Presidents Day. Lucky for them, members of Congress get recesses ...
by Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times
Mar 29, 2024
3 minutes
More than halfway through the current two-year Congress, the "lawmakers" there bring to mind the old schoolyard quip about slacker students: They're really good at recess.
This pre-Easter week is the first of two that the House and Senate are taking off, though it seems like only yesterday they recessed for two weeks to mark Presidents Day. Lucky for them, members of Congress get recesses regardless of how well they perform — just like kids in elementary school. And they haven't been performing well at all, which explains the quotation marks above: The "lawmakers" aren't doing much law-making.
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