Do Nothing!

Harry Truman called the Congress during his time in office a “do nothing Congress”.  At that time, the record of the Congress was to enact less than 800 pieces of legislation.  One has to wonder what Truman would call the Boehner Congress.  Since the Republicans won control of the House of representatives and John Boehner took the Speaker’s gavel from Nancy Pelosi, the present Congress has enacted less than 200 pieces of legislation.  The Boehner led Congress is the least productive in the history of the country.  So, what does Congress do for the upcoming Congress to be sworn in, in January 2013,  but to set a schedule where the 2013 Congress will be in session for the total of 126 days.  Lest Boehner and Cantor are unaware, there are 365 days in a year and excluding weekends, most people would actually have a work year of 254 days.  With vacations and holidays, the 2013 Congress will not be in session 239 days in 2013.  This gives new definition to the term do nothing Congress.  On the other hand, there is significantly less opportunity for the Boehner Congress to enact really bad legislation.  Considering that the previous Boehner Congress managed to find time to hold 31 votes to repeal Obamacare, which went no further; and also hold a large number of votes dealing with abortion, which also went no further; the country is probably far better off when this Congress spends less time on the job than if they spent their time working like the people they claim to represent.   It appears that the Boehner Congress in unable to enact beneficial legislation so, until voted out of office for incompetence, perhaps is it best for the American public that they meet in session for as few days as possible.  One suggestion would be to limit their sessions to 3 days a month.  Meeting only 36 days a year probably would not result in a significant drop in legislation and would definitely help to avoid Congressional fuckups.