Congress: a definition of sorts
Posted by uncajake on September 24, 2007
Congress. I looked it up on Dictionary.Com and these are the definitions that came up:
1. (initial capital letter)
a. the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution.
b. this body as it exists for a period of two years during which it has the same membership: the 96th Congress.
c. a session of this body: to speak in Congress
2. the national legislative body of a nation, esp. of a republic
3. a formal meeting or assembly of representatives for the discussion, arrangement of promotion of some matter of common interest
4. the act of coming together, an encounter, meeting
5. an association, esp. one composed of representatives of various organizations.
6. familiar relations; dealings; intercourse.
7. coitus; sexual intercourse
–verb (used without object)
8. to assemble together; meet in congress.
While the common usage is the first definition, it is beginning to feel to me that the 7th definition is the one in practice.
June 2007, the American People made a loud statement that we did not want to give amnesty to the millions of illegal aliens in this country. Congress listened! They said no to cloture. Then they went on vacation. As soon as they got back from vacation they decided to see if they could do it again, and dreamt up the dream amendment.
Do they not listen or just don’t care? At this point it is hard to tell. I received a lengthy missive from one of my Senators bemoaning the fact that it would take over 100 years to deport the aliens we now have in our country illegally, so instead of getting started with a tough job, let’s just let them stay. It has gotten ridiculous.
