Probably Not Trey Radel's Best Reply

Freshman Republican Rep. Trey Radel of Florida took a poke on the chin Monday morning in a story in the Daily Caller on the handful of congressmen who want to dump summer vacation, stay in Washington and get things done.

Radel, who lives in Fort Myers, has unbreakabe plans at home, apparently.

I would like to hammer out what we can and get it done, Radel said when asked for his reaction to the idea of staying. But he said he already set up business round-tables, town halls to go stay in touch with my friends, families, and neighbors, constituents at home.

Replied Rep. Rob Wittman, a Republican from Virginia, ... really, the August recess is an artifact of the past, its an artifact of no air conditioning and horse and buggy days. With all the things before us we really need to be here in Washington.

What's still to do in D.C.? You name it. Said political reporter Alexis Levinson, "The government is currently funded by a continuing resolution that expires on Sept. 30. Between now and then, Congress must agree on another continuing resolution no easy feat given the current divisions between the two parties or pass appropriations bills, an even less likely outcome. And there is little time to do either: the House is in session for a mere nine days between now and the end of the fiscal year."