Posted 10:09 AM by Gene

The Corner is angry that the Republicans in Congress will do nothing with their lame-duck session -- BUT:

Republican lawmakers will have met for one week in November, devoted almost exclusively to leadership elections for next year, and one week in December, largely to pick committee assignments, move offices and pass a measure to keep the government operating through February.

That will mean this Congress will have spent the least time in session of any in at least half a century, according to Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein [oiiiiiiiiiii], congressional historians and the authors of "The Broken Branch," a critical look at recent Congresses. In the time they have met, lawmakers have failed to approve a budget resolution or pass at least eight of the 11 annual spending bills.

Don't con-SER-va-tives get mad because Congress is in session too much? Isn't being in session likely to lead to the kind of mischief for which con-SER-va-tives always excoriate Congress? What's with having this both ways?