Since returning from the spring recess, the U.S. House of Representatives has been debating a so-called “ethics and lobbying reform” package, which they are likely to pass this week in an attempt to once again prove to the American public that they are getting tough on the issue.

Sadly, this toothless legislation amounts to little more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic as Congress continues to move headlong into a tidal wave of growing discontent among the public about this most critical of issues.