[Texas Eagle]

Records acquired under the Freedom of Information Act indicate that Jackson Lee has done a fraction of the casework -- inquiries or intercessions with the federal government on behalf of residents -- done by other Houston-area lawmakers.

Wait a minute. This may not be such a bad thing.

[LibKill]

Wait a minute. This may not be such a bad thing.

LOL! Of course. Sloth on the part of marxists is a good thing.

[citizenK]

Actually, this is a bad thing.
Congressional Reps should spend about half their time helping constituents who have trouble when trying to do "business" with the Federal government. The other half of the time they should be engaged in their function of government oversight (doing things like making sure the alphabet agencies are doing their jobs and keeping America safe from terrorist attacks). Only a small part of their job should be dedicated to new legislation. Some 86,000 new laws are place on the books every year in this country (obviously, not all from Congress), which indicates that representatives across the board (state and Federal) have their priorities mixed up. They spend way too much time on new legislation instead of representing their constituents with matters before the government bureaucracies.