Congressional Priorities

Don’t you love the smell of a fresh Congressional term in the morning? When our elected representatives set out to tackle the most pressing issues facing our country?

Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) wasted little time before introducing two bills that would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in both the Capitol and the Senate and House chambers.
Stearns introduced the bill Jan. 4, the first day of the 109th Congress. He first introduced a similar resolution in the 105th Congress and subsequent versions in the 106th and 108th.
“Posting the Ten Commandments in places like the House and Capitol would merely serve to remind members that we have the responsibility as lawmakers to be as fair and just as possible,” Stearns said.

That’s for sure. I can’t imagine how many times a Congressperson, in the midst of a floor debate on a transportation bill, has had to send a page out to check on the wording of the third commandment. It really would be better if they could just glance up on the wall.
And why stop there? Wouldn’t lawmakers be more inclined to be “fair” if there was a prominent cross erected at the rostrum? And how about some hymnals distributed around the floor? Representatives could sing hymns during roll calls to remind them of justice.
Seriously, as long as Congress in the posting mode, how about adding the Bill of Rights? I recall something there about Congress not passing laws establishing religion. But I don’t have the Constitution posted on the wall in my blogging chamber to remind me, so I could be wrong.