Ah, yes, there is considerable trouble in River City, and it isn’t a pool hall like in the 1950s Broadway musical. In this case, the river is the Potomac, the city is Washington and the trouble is that the Senate Republicans and Democrats do not seem to be able to join hands to break through their agonizingly slow pace and move forward to pass stalled legislation. High on the legislative list are issues concerning energy and welfare, compensation for asbestos victims and putting limits on medical malpractice suits. With election time coming in November and both parties vying for control of the Senate, partisanship has created legislative roadblocks. For example, Democrats are irked at being excluded from final decisions on bills and are holding up House-Senate conferences on a number of measures, including the huge highway funding bill.
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