All the discussion seems to assume that Congress will "leave Washington at the end of next week." Isn't it nice to see their priorities -- vacation (or electioneering) first, and the public business if there is spare time?. Perhaps this is a reason that Congressmen, individually and collectively, have an approval rating hardly above the single digits. I suppose they assume that the lobbyists will stay behind to see the best legislation comes forth (now that their pension supplements from Fannie and Freddie are quiescent). Bah!
Kirk Shinkle is a senior editor at U.S. News. He writes daily about ups and downs in equity markets, sectors and stocks. Formerly, he covered business and economics on both coasts for Investor's Business Daily.
ed bottemiller of WI @ Sep 19, 2008 14:00:10 PM
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