Amid Chaos, Congress Takes Another Vacation

As America is engaged in a fivemonth military conflict with Iran and the economy has been suffering, Congress has responded with predictable inaction. It is little wonder that Americans give Congress a 10% approval rating, with 86% expressing disapproval.

As Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times, noted, “It’s a great Amer-ican pastime to hate Congress.” However, this hat…