Today’s edition of What Atrios Says [numerology mine]:

I get that the realities of Congress blah blah blah means that maybe not everything passes, but would it be so hard to:

1. Spend a couple of weeks making the case for a crucial piece of legislation.
2. Publicize major votes on that issue.
3. Have votes.
4. If votes fail, continue to make noise about the vote.

Answer: Apparently so.