Special Session Redux

Like Tim Kaine earlier this year, Congressional Democrats appear poised for a special session that is more about the appearance of “doing something” than actually accomplishing anything.

This year, Kaine called a special transportation session and then left town. He couldn’t even get support for his proposal from his own party.

This week’s lame duck session of Congress is not likely to be much more productive. Pelosi and her compatriots want a vote on $25 Billion for a rescue package for automakers. But since the plan appears unlikely to survive in the Senate – at least right now – the vote on the latest “bailout” maybe more a payback for union support in the elections than a viable proposal.

Todd Stottlemyer of the National Federation of Independent Businesses put it well:

“There are many small businesses across the country struggling to make payroll and pay the bills. They aren’t asking for a bailout, and neither should Detroit’s automakers.”

Sometimes, failure is the best path to future success. Our representatives should keep that in mind when they are begged to bail out company after company. And, the GOP should keep it in mind as well. Learning from our failures this year can make us stronger in the future – if we let it.

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E M Barner

E M Barner, the blogger formerly known as DCH / De Civitate Hominis (“concerning the city of man”), writes from a Northern Virginia perspective. Barner has been active in Republican politics and policy since 1994 – as a grassroots volunteer, party leader, and professional.