The old adage about  how “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”  has never applied more to the U.S. Congress than it does today.  As most Americans are enjoying the Independence Day  weekend, Congress is set to begin its mid-summer break, and won’t be returning to Washington until July 12.  It’s not that a holiday from work, even for elected officials, is such a bad thing;  it’s just that 1.7 million non-elected Americans are left wondering how to makes ends meet,  now that their unemployment compensation has expired.  As payments rapidly grind …

There is no denying that the mood of voters across America is ugly. Congress has clearly failed to deal with many of the major problems facing the country