Maxwell Frost: “this resolution is one big the dog-ate-my-homework excuse for not getting much done over the last 6 months. It doesn't…”

“this resolution is one big the dog-ate-my-homework excuse for not getting much done over the last 6 months. It doesn't list all the laws and rules Republicans have violated, we would be here all night. Instead it rolls all of the excuses into one sentence that gets House Republicans off the hook in terms of the many and varied promises they have broken this year. The Congressional Budget Act says the House cannot go on recess for more than 3 days in July until the House has initially considered the appropriations bills. Well, we've only finished 2 out of 13 appropriations bills. Well, we've only finished 2 out of 13 appropriations bills, and those were 2 of the easier ones. The law tells Congress not to take a vacation until its work is done and, with this resolution, Republicans are saying they are above the law. The reason Congress is not supposed to go on vacation until the appropriations bills have gone through the House is because unless the House is finished by July 4, we will be unable to avoid a continuing resolution on October 1. Because Republicans tied up the House with their contract--cutting taxes for the rich at the expense of school lunches and Medicare, and refusing to attend to the business at hand-- the Government may very well shut down at the beginning of the fiscal year. And that's not all.…”