Priorities

The U.S. Senate passed addressed two major issues last week. Amid several national crises they
saw fit to pass a bill mandating that English be our "national language" and a constitutional
amendment denying gays and lesbians equal rights was voted out of committee.

These crucial actions were done amid a climate of fear. GOP imposed fear of immigrants and gays.
They were done as a way of distracting their base from the fact they aren't dealing with any of
the really important issues facing this nation: lack of health care, a war run amok, a Chief
Executive who thinks he's above the law, an unconstitutional invasion of millions of Americans'
privacy rights, providing a living wage to millions of the working poor, or passing significant ethics reform.

Yes, it was far more important to do this work instead. This do nothing Congress continues
to do nothing meaningful.