Your taxpayer dollars hard at work.

The NYT The Caucus column has a headline that perfectly describes the Senate in this session of Congress:

The peas, carrots and kernels of corn weren’t flying in the Senate chamber, but that’s only because dinner is served elsewhere — otherwise democracy descended into a near-food fight as a Republican effort to block a vote on a higher education bill turned into a fusillade of politically charged amendments to the bill with no other purpose than to insult and infuriate the other side of the aisle.

Then, Mr. Salazar rose to speak: “It is regrettable that we work here, regrettable that we work here on the future of our country for our children…

I agree with you wholeheartedly, Sen. Salazar. It is regrettable that you all work there.

Meanwhile, the senators milled about like guests at a cocktail party with no drinks.

Did the Senate run out of Juicy-Juice and sippy cups?

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