Three-Day Weekend Blues

 

The unofficial start to Summer has arrived! 

Travelers, start your engines. 

It is going to be quite a weekend and I am glad that we are not traveling until next weekend, maybe the craziness will subside. 

Today is a boat day. Chris, Finn, and I will be heading out on the ICW for some enjoyment. It should be a beautiful day and we will enjoy some beach fun on North Jupiter Island followed by shopping and lunch in Stuart. 

I was encouraged by some things that happened in the Congress yesterday, especially concerning the $1.8B slush fund that the Acting Attorney General and Trump want to establish. It was reported as follows:

Republicans were angry they had no advance warning about the plan, questioned the legal basis for the fund, were unhappy with Blanche’s descriptions of how payments would work, and said they wanted no part of it. As former Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) put it: “So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong—Take your pick.”  (Letters from an American)

Then, Congress departed for the holiday weekend a day early.

But before they left, the House Republicans managed to cancel an important vote on the Iran War. 

House Republicans on Thursday abruptly canceled a vote on a resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran or win approval from Congress to continue the war, after it became clear they lacked the votes to defeat the measure.

The retreat was a striking setback that exposed fractures within the G.O.P. over the conflict at a moment when the party has begun pushing back forcefully on Mr. Trump and his agenda. (NY Times)

Maybe there is some positive change afoot in Congress.

But then, as I wrote, they departed a day early. 

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL