What's Congress doing lately?

We've got a very expensive (in both lives and treasure) and very unpopular war going on, horrendous trade deficits and government deficit, a health care system that doesn't cover 40 million plus people, a stagnant to sinking median real wage, a plunging US dollar, and other major problems to address in this country.

So what's Congress been doing? This week the Senate added an amendment to a bill to specifically condemn moveon.org for their General Petraeus or General Betrayus ad in the New York Times. Sure the ad was in poor taste, but how does that mean the US Senate should spend any time at all on it?

Meanwhile a Congressional committee held hearings to discuss profanity and violence in rap music.

You've got to be fucking kidding me.