OPINION:
Isn’t it time that we put the lame-duck congressional session out of its and our misery? Perhaps allowing Congress to go ahead and do its work with some members that have been repudiated by their constituents made some sense with the limitations of travel and information transfer of the 1700s — but it now seems to be a quaint and dangerous anachronism.
How can a democracy function as intended when some of its lawmakers no longer represent the views of their constituents? In our modern society it would seem that a week after the election should be more than adequate time to get the vast majority of a new Congress up and running. Votes by defeated legislators are obviously invalid and should not be allowed after the election.
DWIGHT HARRISON
Vienna, Va.
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