Lawmakers Behaving Badly

Not actually policy related, but a comment on our policy makers that sounds exactly like what we were talking about in class on Tuesday - a lack of civility. From the Washington Post: When the results from the election were officially read in a joint session of Congress on the House floor most rose to applaud. A notable exception was Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the Senate, on the front row. This comment from columnist Dana Milbank rings true: "There's nothing quite like public petulance by our leaders to make the current age seem small. And McConnell had company in his bad manners. McCain, the vanquished Republican presidential nominee, skipped the ceremony entirely, along with two-thirds of the Senate. On the Republican side of the aisle, 41 seats were empty."