Dear Editor: Congressmen Need to Put Partisan and Self-Interests Aside and Return Working for the People

Dear Editor,

In recent years, the United States Congress has been unwilling or unable to fulfill its lawful mandate to serve the American People in a timely manner. I am referring, in part, to the 12 appropriation bills that Congress must pass by the end of September each year to fund the federal government. Congress's repeated failure to approve government funding by September 30th results in the passing of a continuing resolution, (CR), to keep the government open. This year, the House once again failed to pass all of the appropriations and instead passed another CR, which the Senate delayed...