110th Congress Dropped the Ball on Continuity Issues

By Norman Ornstein
Roll Call Contributing Writer

July 30, 2008

Another “broken record” column. Congress is poised to leave for August, satisfied that it has passed or will pass what it needs to pass. That may be true in terms of making it through the summer intact. But there are other pressing areas that remain wholly untouched and are unlikely to see any focus at all during the compressed and frenzied session in September. One of them is the continuity of our governing institutions in the event of another terrorist attack on Washington.

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