A New Level Of Nothingness

Back in the campaign of 1948, President Harry Truman famously railed against what he called the "Do-Nothing" Congress of his first term in office.  That particular Congress put an average of 453 bills per year upon Truman's desk for consideration.  Most of those were, in Give-'Em-Hell Harry's opinion, obvious minor must-do's, or simply meaningless -- hence do-nothing.

The current 113th Congress just broke for its August recess.  In its first seven months, only 22 bills have made it to President Obama's desk.   All have been obvious minor must do's, or simply meaningless.  It's some sort of sad-ass record for ideological obstruction.

There's nothing, and then there's nothing.