"When We Don't Act, We Act." How Congress Is Spinning The Gridlock

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 4, 2014

As Congress begins its five-week recess, Dave Weigel, Slate political reporter and host of the WeigelCast podcast, discusses the back-and-forth over immigration funding bills on last Friday afternoon, and how representatives are framing DC's historic level of inaction heading into the fall midterms. Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama has said that "when we don't act, we act...it's a decision, as sure as if we'd passed a law."

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