Congress Is Fake
Politics Congress Is Fake The House and Senate have drained themselves of power and relevance. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Luke Nicastro Aug 12, 2026 12:05 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... On July 26, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) wrote a message to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in a post on X: I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August—at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act—and hereby request a roll call vote.
- ▪Politics Congress Is Fake The House and Senate have drained themselves of power and relevance.
- ▪Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Luke Nicastro Aug 12, 2026 12:05 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player...
- ▪On July 26, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) wrote a message to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in a post on X: I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August—at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE
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| Original publisher | The American Conservative |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theamericanconservative.com/congress-is-fake/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 04:05:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-12T06:34:03.808Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-12T06:34:03.808Z |
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Politics Congress Is Fake The House and Senate have drained themselves of power and relevance. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Luke Nicastro Aug 12, 2026 12:05 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... On July 26, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) wrote a message to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in a post on X: I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August—at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act—and hereby request a roll call vote. Do not assume you have my consent. You do not. On August 8, the Senate went into its customary August recess without objection. No roll call vote was held.
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