Congress Is Off to a Yawning Start

Washington Post: “Over the first 100 days of their majority — what Newt Gingrich (R-GA) considered a critical moment when he took over as speaker in 1995 — the House Republican calendar includes just 30 days in the Capitol voting on legislation. Over the next roughly 10 weeks, the House is slated for just six full days in session, with nearly a dozen other half-day meetings so members travel into and out of Washington.”

“All told, this Congress will be mostly about sound and fury well into the spring and early summer.”