The Hill News

During his press conference last Wednesday, in a moment of unvarnished exasperation, President Obama criticized Congress for what he regarded as its lackadaisical and dilatory work habits. Invoking the looming debt ceiling crisis, he said, “We’ve got to get this done. And if by the end of this week, we have not seen substantial progress, then I think members of Congress need to understand we are going to have to start to cancel things and stay here until we get it done.”
 
Whether he knew it or not, the president was channeling the views of the American people. In a survey recently conducted by No Labels, a national citizens’ movement of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, 83 percent of the respondents thought that Congress should stay in session if it fails to address the fiscal crisis before its scheduled summer breaks.   

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