[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE ``DO LESS THAN NOTHING CONGRESS''

  (Mr. COOPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot of problems mentioned on 
the House floor today. We should be aware that this House is doing a 
very poor job of addressing any of these problems. Why? Because this is 
one of the laziest Congresses in all of American history.
  We are scheduled to meet this year fewer days than any Congress since 
at least 1948. And that is even before I was born. So far, we are in 
the 123rd day of this year, and yet we have only had 26 voting days in 
this body. That is a shame.
  This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican 
leadership. They are the ones that set the schedule. Harry Truman 
called that Congress of 1948 the ``Do Nothing Congress'' of 1948. How 
do you do less than nothing? Sadly, the American people are about to 
find out, thanks to our friends on the other side of the aisle.

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