Lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times try to persuade voters to keep them on the job as Congress goes off for the campaign season. The House Republicans led the tumult — painstakingly electing their speaker in a bitter public feud then swiftly booting him from office, something never before seen. But the deeply divided Senate was not immune from the inaction, lumbering through a modest agenda.
Congress is off for the campaign season, as lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times try to persuade voters to keep them on the job.
“It’s almost impossible,” said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, adding he would have little patience for hearing out the “idiots” he said Johnson has to contend with in leading a slim four-seat majority. “Can anyone in America name a single thing that House Republicans have done on their own to make life better for the American people?" asked Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is in line to become House speaker if his party wins majority control. “The answer is no.”
Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., said he would emphasize his work on constituent services and his voting record. “I mean there’s always a focus on the House," he said."But if anybody looked down the hallway, Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats have done what? What exactly are they running on?"The Senate, historically a slower-moving body designed that way by the founders, plodded along at an even more leisurely pace this year, staying away from Washington many Mondays and almost all Fridays.
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