Congress' approval ratings continue to tank. Harry Reid and his obstructionists have a lot to do with that.
As the Chicago Tribune's Swamp blog reports, President Bush hope to use a recess appointment during the Thanksgiving break to get his surgeon general nominee, James W. Holsinger Jr., into his office. The Democratic-controlled Senate used quickie sessions, more politely called pro forma meetings, to prevent that from happening. A sixteen year-old controversial paper about homosexuality has the Dems worried.
The Democrats Christmas victim is Steven G. Bradbury, the president's choice for Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. Most of Congress has gone home for during the Christmas and New Year's break. Virginia Senator James Webb headed home to, but he does that every day after his work in the Senate is done. But Webb lives just across the Potomac in McLean.
He "hurried back" to the Capitol today to keep the Senate open--and prevent Bush from using a recess appointment to get Bradbury on the job.
Today's session lasted nine seconds.
This type of "democracy" is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind in 1787 in Philadelphia.
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