A Working Congress

Congress returned to work this week from their congressional “spring break” with a mountain of things to get done over the summer. Interestingly, there isn’t quite as much time as one would think for Congress to get done what they need to by September. Remember, spring break was just the beginning of numerous breaks they take throughout the remaining spring and summer months,which include a week off for Memorial Day, another week off for the 4th of July, then the whole month of August off, so you get the idea. It certainly appears to all intents and purposes that Congress embraces that old saying, “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. Of course the looming midterm elections in November will also slow down work on any major pieces of legislation, but work they need to do with a list that includes immigration reform (still), raising the federal minimum wage, the Highway Trust Fund, and of course funding to keep the government operating past the end of the fiscal year.