This is an interesting development for the refusal of the Democrats to debate or vote on opening new land to gas and oil exploration, a new energy bill. This when fuel is at all time highs, they are restricting future development.
What did the Democrats decide to do? The decided to go on a five week vacation? Give me a break.
It get even better. The first vote on adjournment happened on Wednesday. Earlier in the week, Congressman Mark Udall (D-CO) said in a debate for the vacant seat in the U.S. Senate that he would vote to keep the lawmakers in session until the considered the new energy bill.
But he missed the vote! He showed up late because he was attending fundraisers in Colorado. Why can’t he do what he was elected to do and represent the people of the second district in Colorado. He is off fundraising for his run for U.S. Senate that he can’t serve his constituents back home.
If Mark Udall can’t spend his time in Washington when the House is in session representing me, then why should I vote for him in the election this November?
The GOP has a right to be mad. I have a right to be mad because my Congress can’t do anything and my representative is more concerned about raising money than he is about representing me.
Congress needs to get their act together and get something done. There was a time in the country where the Congress would debate an issue in public and then come together for a compromise that would work with both sides of the aisle.
Let’s get back to that time. The stuff that is happening now is just not working. America is better than this.
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