First thing up, I admit I was wrong to give too much credit to Congress that it could overcome political pettiness and get the phase four COVID 19 economic stimulus package wrapped up this week. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R, UT), now retired after 42 years in the Senate, but regarded as one of the classiest, smartest lawmakers to grace that chamber, said from the floor in 2018, during a similar partisan spending battle: “This is the greatest country in the world, but we do have some really stupid people representing it from time to time…it’s true and it’s disappointing to me.”
It must be asked: Why would Congress, just 80 days or so out from a national election, prove so dramatically to the voters that the sitting cast of characters can’t/won’t govern in the best interest of the country and not their respective political party?
