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A summer breeze has swept across Capitol Hill over the past two weeks.
Not the “Summer Breeze” Seals and Crofts sing about, but a political summer breeze which made lawmakers “Run Like the Wind” for the exits.
To quote Gino Vannelli, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle declared “I Just Wanna Stop” – and vacated Washington for the summer.
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One is wise to embrace this miniature respite in governance. The fall and winter will be a challenge in Congress.
So here’s the “Lowdown.” One can describe much of what unfolds on Capitol Hill in terms of “yacht rock.”
Lawmakers may be counting down the days “Minute By Minute” until they have to return to Capitol Hill in the fall, when election season will be in full swing. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Both bodies of Congress usually adjourn for a four- to six-week period between late July and early September. But this year’s congressional summer breeze has been more like a political gale. Lawmakers barely spent any time in session over the past few months. Both the House and Senate took off a week in the middle of July so Republicans could conduct their convention in Milwaukee. That was after an abbreviated week in Washington just after July 4th. Congress was out of session from late June until after the Fourth. The House ditched town early last month, lopping off one week of its schedule. In fact, the House has only convened for a handful of weeks since May 24.
Yacht rock impresario Rupert Holmes would characterize this as an “Escape.”
Do you really need more of a reason to blend a piña colada?
Expect Congress to accomplish much the rest of the year? Well, that yacht – has sailed. We’re deep into the throes of what is going to be a brutal campaign season for the presidency, control of the House and the Senate. All lawmakers are required to do the rest of the year is figure out a way to avoid a government…
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