Courtesy of a source close to the negotiations, who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about the topic but, in true Washington fashion, did so anyway because he wanted to look important, here are a few images of the Democratic and Republican members of Congress hard at work on negotiations to avoid plunging the nation over the so-called "fiscal cliff."
The negotiators assemble for a formal portrait before getting down to the serious business of debt reduction and long-term fiscal responsibility ...
As detailed discussions get underway, members of the Democratic Caucus provide their initial reaction to Republican demands for cuts in entitlement programs ...
While this rare sketch by a noted courtroom artist shows sidebar internal Republican negotiations over assignment of responsibility for the loss of the presidential election ...
Senate and House negotiators take a break to hold a news conference at which they explain their evolving joint position on budget issues ...
And a joint session of Congress meets to plan the way ahead ...
And there you have it! A picture, it is said, is worth a thousand words ... although in the current fiscal climate, those words are likely to be in Chinese.
Good luck with that.
Have a good day and a safe, happy Thanksgiving week. More thoughts coming.
Bilbo
Pro and con are opposites.
ReplyDeleteProgress and Congress.
For Congress, one picture is an opportunity to say a thousand empty words.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if the two parties that pretend to run this country had a clue or could work together.
ReplyDeleteIf I think I count the clowns correctly there are 5 girls and 7 guys. About the same ratio as the Senate.
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