A Very Slow Day

I just about went into shock today when I checked Thursday's action in Congress... TWO, yes 2 items acted on, both sponsored by George Miller and both utterly boring. I am guessing the summary of today's action will be similar, so look forward to a post from me on Tuesday.

A Good Day

It has been a short week so far with Monday being a holiday and Tuesday Congress did not take action on anything!! President Obama has signed H.R. 1 however, so I can't get too excited about the lack of Congressional action. Maybe they took the day off to rest after spending so much money. It's hard work you know. I heard a Democratic Congressman complaining that the Republicans refused to call it a stimulus bill and instead are stubbornly calling it a spending bill. Guess what? It IS a spending bill. If it happens to do some economic stimulating, it certainly won't be enough to justify the long-term damage this type of spending causes.

It reminds me of the guy with the hairbrained ideas he keeps coming home with. "Honey, I found this new way to make money. And guess what? It will only cost us $4,000 and we only have to get 20 of our friends to do it too! Finally we'll be able to afford to put some money away." And of course, I'm talking about the guy who never manages to get 1 let alone 20 of his friends to sign up. I mean, get real... we're talking about the government here.

So I guess it was a good day, but an AwfuLaw week.