The only time we can be sure they do no harm is when they are not in session. If you dig into the history of Congress they used to only meet for a few months per year.
The modern, year-long calendar started under FDR and is part of the system of control. It was done to make people believe it’s necessary to always have Congress their deciding how we should be living our lives.
Fair point. I’m about as limited govt as you can possibly be but these are not business as usual circumstances. Let’s flip the script for a moment; assassination attempt was on a Dem and we have Dem controlled House. They would never waste the timing or urgency to investigate and find any nugget of information (to leak) ahead of an election. They would use the scenario to taint their opponent & persuade public opinion. But not the Reps; time for vacation… they’re f’n clueless, spineless weasels.
The only time we can be sure they do no harm is when they are not in session. If you dig into the history of Congress they used to only meet for a few months per year.
The modern, year-long calendar started under FDR and is part of the system of control. It was done to make people believe it’s necessary to always have Congress their deciding how we should be living our lives.
Fair point. I’m about as limited govt as you can possibly be but these are not business as usual circumstances. Let’s flip the script for a moment; assassination attempt was on a Dem and we have Dem controlled House. They would never waste the timing or urgency to investigate and find any nugget of information (to leak) ahead of an election. They would use the scenario to taint their opponent & persuade public opinion. But not the Reps; time for vacation… they’re f’n clueless, spineless weasels.