(WP report from the Republican 2006 LAME-duck)
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Congress will convene on Tuesday for what some fear will be the lamest of lame-duck sessions, and GOP leaders have decided to take a minimalist approach before turning over the reins of power to the Democrats. Rather than a final surge of legislative activity, Congress will probably wrap up things after a single, short week of work. They have even decided to punt decisions on annual government spending measures to the Democrats next year.
“There is a lot of battle fatigue among members, probably on both sides of the aisle,” said Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), usually a reliable conservative firebrand. “Contrary to popular belief, members of Congress are human beings. They have a certain shelf life and a certain amount of energy to be drawn on. We’re tired.”
Anguished over the Democrats’ victory on Nov. 7 and the tumult that has followed, GOP lawmakers want to get out of town. One senior Senate Republican aide called hopes for substantive legislation “delusional.”
Much of the problem is as prosaic as office space, GOP aides said. Lawmakers were forced to vacate their offices on Friday, and few of them want to hang around Washington with no place to sit. Retiring House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) got angry during a meeting of committee chairmen, demanding to know how he was supposed to complete work on the business tax extension bill without an office, according to one GOP aide present in the meeting.
whereever you got that you should repost as it’s own thread....it goes a long way in showing how the Republicans will lay down while the democrats with fight tooth and nail to get what they want...
“Contrary to popular belief, members of Congress are human beings. They have a certain shelf life and a certain amount of energy to be drawn on. We’re tired.”
Sounds like that a$$hole in the Gulf “I just want my life back.”
I thought this guy was better than this. Between him and The Weeper of the House, what are we coming to?
Thank you for reminding us what a toothless, lazy bunch the 2005-2006 GOP-led Congress was. No wonder the nation has deteriorated into its present Leftist mess. The TEA Party should go its own way, since turn-coats such as Scott Brown have shown that they are nothing but fellow travelers with Obama/Reid/Pelosi.