Don Beyer: “Thank you, Madam Chair.”

He has no one in the Republican Party willing to stand up to him on many, many different things. He only might have that trifecta for another couple of weeks.

Job creation has effectively ground to a halt, and businesses simply are not hiring at the pace a healthy economy demands.

“This project is not even close to being ready for prime time. The Administration has not won the legal battle over the proposal, which is plainly illegal without congressional authorization,” Beyer said in a statement.

Who are the snipers going to shoot — the families at the graves or the tourists at the Lincoln Memorial?