Poor Congress Had To Work Sixteen Hours This Week

The House started its legislative week Wednesday at 2 PM and were set to wrap it up by mid-afternoon Thursday before leaving for the week. Maybe they need more time to recover from their two-week Presidents Day recess. Or perhaps they anticipated the very difficult job of keeping the government’s doors open for another week would so exhaust everyone that they need a long weekend.

That’s the primary business for Thursday, which is passing yet another stop-gap bill to avoid a partial government shutdown Friday night, when they vote on the continuing resolution that will keep the government’s doors open for another week. Like all the CRs that have been passed since September, Democrats will probably make up the majority of votes to pass it. It should pass easily, but you never know with a leader as weak as Speaker Mike Johnson and a Freedom Caucus bent on making his life miserable.

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