Congress should go back to work

Steve Fowler

Oct. 20, 2025 6:00 am

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MAGA has described the federal workforce as overpaid, lazy and unproductive.

To me, the most unproductive sector of the federal workforce is Congress.

Show up, do your job. No one legislator should be allowed to keep the House out of session the way Speaker Johnson has.

For a Congress that pushes “work requirements” on the American people they should walk the walk and get to work themselves.

Steve Fowler

Cedar Rapids

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