The Republican Congress: Rubber Stampers Inc.

In the last six years, Republicans in Washington have said and done things that just makes clear they have abdicated their constitutional obligations in Congress. TPM Reader DK of Talking Points Memo has the latest word on Republicans sitting on their hands:

Important bit of context on the detainee legislation and the associated debate in Congress, from the Boston Globe:

As lawmakers prepare to debate the CIA's special interrogation program for terrorism suspects, fewer than 10 percent of the members of Congress have been told which interrogation techniques have been used in the past, and none of them know which ones would be permissible under proposed changes to the War Crimes Act.

But that doesn't stop the esteemed gentleman from Alabama: "I don't know what the CIA has been doing, nor should I know," said Senator Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican.

I don't know.....nor should I know. They see nothing, they hear nothing, and otherwise don't tell us anything. They are supposed to be the guardians of our nation, our laws and our constitution. The right wing conservativism of this era has failed America and it's time to change course.