According to the Library of Congress, 24 bills await action by the U.S. Senate. Seven have been sent to committee and 17 were placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar. Why haven't they been voted on? What's the holdup?
I thought elected officials were sent to D.C. to do something, not to sit on bills they're worried might not go their way or that may affect how their constituents vote.
I don't believe Congress, whether the House or the Senate, was meant to be a career. I believe it was meant to be filled by citizens, people with homes, jobs and businesses that need their attention.
It's time for our elected officials to be less concerned with the next election and more concerned with doing the jobs they were elected to do.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken serves on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Two bills were sent there. What's the holdup?
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None were sent to committees on which U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar sits, but she could push for the 17 on the calendar awaiting a vote.
The House is doing its job; it's passing bills and sending them to the Senate. It's time for the do-nothing Senate to start working.
Sue Connor
Duluth
