The U.S. Congress appears almost dysfunctional, unable to address pressing issues of national welfare. And now there’s more alarming news: Congress is failing to meet certain benchmarks–even those that have already been allowed to slip before. Congressional Quarterly says “Deadlines Are Piling up in September for Must-Pass Legislation“:
But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Because Congress has not cleared a single one of the 12 appropriations bills needed to run the government, we face the prospect of entire departments closing their doors on October 1, when current funding expires:
We can expect Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid to try to gloss over this–to invent new benchmarks with the hope of convincing the American people that they are making progress. But we need to face reality: this Congress simply doesn’t work. It seems that the current leadership is too heavily identified with just one faction and is incapable of bringing together divergent interests. It may be time to toss the lot and hold new elections–or, at the very least, to withhold financial support as a signal of our dissatisfaction.
