Dropped balls: a glance at shirked responsbilities

DROPPED BALLS No one will ever accuse Congress of being smooth. But this year they've been in rare form. From passing a budget to preserving our top notch credit rating, lawmakers have let a few costly things slip through their fingers. This holiday season, we're calling them out. debt ceiling bill no budget; even though Congress is required by law to do so credit downgrade failing to enact any of the 12 spending bills by their deadline super committee failure PUBLIC NOTICE DROPPED BALLS No one will ever accuse Congress of being smooth. But this year they've been in rare form. From passing a budget to preserving our top notch credit rating, lawmakers have let a few costly things slip through their fingers. This holiday season, we're calling them out. debt ceiling bill no budget; even though Congress is required by law to do so credit downgrade failing to enact any of the 12 spending bills by their deadline super committee failure PUBLIC NOTICE DROPPED BALLS No one will ever accuse Congress of being smooth. But this year they've been in rare form. From passing a budget to preserving our top notch credit rating, lawmakers have let a few costly things slip through their fingers. This holiday season, we're calling them out. debt ceiling bill no budget; even though Congress is required by law to do so credit downgrade failing to enact any of the 12 spending bills by their deadline super committee failure PUBLIC NOTICE DROPPED BALLS No one will ever accuse Congress of being smooth. But this year they've been in rare form. From passing a budget to preserving our top notch credit rating, lawmakers have let a few costly things slip through their fingers. This holiday season, we're calling them out. debt ceiling bill no budget; even though Congress is required by law to do so credit downgrade failing to enact any of the 12 spending bills by their deadline super committee failure PUBLIC NOTICE DROPPED BALLS No one will ever accuse Congress of being smooth. But this year they've been in rare form. From passing a budget to preserving our top notch credit rating, lawmakers have let a few costly things slip through their fingers. This holiday season, we're calling them out. debt ceiling bill no budget; even though Congress is required by law to do so credit downgrade failing to enact any of the 12 spending bills by their deadline super committee failure PUBLIC NOTICE DROPPED BALLS No one will ever accuse Congress of being smooth. But this year they've been in rare form. From passing a budget to preserving our top notch credit rating, lawmakers have let a few costly things slip through their fingers. This holiday season, we're calling them out. debt ceiling bill no budget; even though Congress is required by law to do so credit downgrade failing to enact any of the 12 spending bills by their deadline super committee failure PUBLIC NOTICE