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This is a very bad week for Congress. Paralysis reigns. Gridlock prevails. Accomplishments are nonexistent.

And the public gets it.

Let’s review where we are:  

1) Two hundred and eighteen members of the House of Representatives have co-sponsored legislation to prevent insider stock trades by Congress. That, folks, is a majority. But Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) forces Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) to pull the bill from getting marked up and passed. What?

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