Standard Operating Procedure

It kind of amuses me that people are horrified that Congress is operating at the last minute at odd hours.

In two decades of working for the Michigan State Legislature, I learned this is how the sausage is made. Many a time I was going home during morning rush hour traffic into Ann Arbor as I came home from Lansing after an all-nighter in the office as bills were passed.

My fellow commuters had no idea how unwise it was to cut in front of me, a driver barely awake after being up for more than 24 hours.

If you can't handle that fact of life, I don't know what to tell you. This is as good as it gets.

What's your alternative? Letting the executive branch write the rules?