Your economy is floundering. Many are making do with less. The U.S. is an international pariah. What's your government doing for you? Working Hard. Hardly working, as part of a Republican design to guard the president over his failures.

"Given all the issues and problems the country faces, it's scandalous that we're only coming in to work three days a week, and even then most of the time we're renaming post offices," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). "This is a deliberate effort to keep Congress out of town, keep us from asking questions."