Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid continue their successful campaign to accomplish virtually nothing. With the Thanksgiving recess upon us Harry Reid is off to South America and Nancy Pelosi is off to wherever she goes when Congress is not in session.
The two biggest issues facing Congress were left unresolved: at least temporarily patching the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), and passing a funding bill for Iraq and Afghanistan that President Bush will sign into law.
50 millions Americans will now have their tax refunds delayed by 10 weeks due to Congress' inaction on the AMT.
The Democrats are in a difficult position on funding for Iraq. The far left wing of the party continues to fanatically demand immediate and unequivocal withdrawal. But the dramatic success of the troop surge combined with General Petreaus' change in on the ground tactics have weakened the Democrat's leverage for legislating an abrupt surrender.
I don't think that Congress' already low approval rating is going to helped any by Nancy and Harry's failure to deal with these two time-sensitive issues.
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