Meet the Do Something Congress

When a politician or high-level exec says he or she is stepping down to spend more time with the family, or when such a person puts off announcing a run for office in order to talk with his or her family about the idea, you know it's bunk. Being a politician is never good for your family. Ever. There are the long work hours, the public scrutiny, the low wages, etc. The two responsibilities cannot be performed with equal gusto. (Just ask one of the Pelosi kids...)


Knowing this, one must laugh aloud when a lazy Congressman like Jack Kingston reacts in horror to the latest Democratic effort to turn the do-nothing Congress into a do-something Congress.

Steny Hoyer has extended the Congressional work day from a paltry 2 days to a hefty, burdonsome, unAmerican, Dickensian era 4 days.

Rep. Kingston, your reaction?

"Keeping us up here eats away at families," said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who typically flies home on Thursdays and returns to Washington on Tuesdays. "Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families -- that's what this says."

Making you do your job in the city where that job takes place is pretty damn reasonable, though maybe not to someone who twice voted against a minimum wage increase for Americans who actually have to work for a living.

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