Recapping yesterday's action:

Among the lamest days I've ever seen in Congress today. The Senate is in recess, and the House passed two suspension bills and a rule for a bill being voted on tomorrow. That's pretty lame in itself. But just to make things a little lamer, the House had been scheduled to pass a third suspension yesterday, and didn't do it. They debated it, and all they had to do was hang around for a few more minutes and vote on it, but they didn't do it. Why? I don't know. But it sure looks like they're just trying to stretch out the pathetic schedule they've set for themselves across four days, so that it looks like they're working.

Looking ahead to today:

More lameness. A land swap bill, the delayed suspension bill left over from yesterday, and the rule for one bill on the schedule for tomorrow.

That's it. Seriously.

What's the bill they're passing a rule for? H.R. 2576, "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs." Basically, it redefines Medicaid eligibility guidelines so that some smaller number of people will be able to get benefits. Hooray!

Why are they doing it? To pay for the bill they want to pass tomorrow: H.R. 674, "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities." Yes, that's a tax benefit for corporations that contract with the government. Hooray!

Today's floor and committee schedules appear below the fold.