They're baaack. Our congressmen, that is.It is the 109th Congress and it's back in session. It will be quite interesting to watch these guys operate this time around. There are some pretty weighty issues to deal with.And at the risk of being accused of a lack of fairness, I must say the last thing a congressman wants to do is take a stand on a weighty issue. But that's the dilemma into which the congressmen of the 109th have been thrust. Do we make those tax cuts permanent? Do we expand that prescription drug benefit? How much do we spend on the war in Iraq? Do we reinvent Social Security? What about immigration and federal caps on medical lawsuits? They've pretty much already written off any meaningful income tax reform for this session. And the spending, my word, the spending. I used to be critical of Bill Clinton because discretionary spending during his administration was running at an average annual growth rate of 2.4 percent a year.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016
