I thought we were in the middle of a crisis, didn't you? If that is the case, why was the first item of business presented on the house floor yesterday the Resolution: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to prevent the closure or consolidation of post offices? It gets better.

There were three resolutions for creating commemorative stamps:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:5:./temp/~bdmZsn::

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:6:./temp/~bdmZsn::

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:11:./temp/~bdmZsn::

And about 90 other resolutions proposed in the house. Absolutely no bills were proposed on the house floor - not a single one. And this is at a time of crisis.

One the contrary, the Senate had just a handfull of resolutions and took up about 20 different bills. Looks like the Senate is off to a better start.

There was a resolution proposing amending the constitution to do away with the electoral college - H.J. Res.9. I did like that one.

Nevertheless, if you can judge a book by its cover, not much is going to happen, we are going to have some awesome stamps this year and keep a few more post offices open. Looking forward to it - More of the Same.