Once again, the U.S. Senate is on vacation. This group barely works, and when they are in session, they accomplish practically nothing. Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, Congress has passed only one major piece of legislation.

While the “One Big Beautiful Bill” was a notable accomplishment, it should not have been the only legislative victory for the Republican Congress. During the same period of President Joe Biden’s administration, a Democratic-led Congress passed four major pieces of legislation: the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Of course, these bills harmed our economy, propelled wasteful spending, and funded ludicrous “green energy” projects; however, these legislative successes showed the unity and discipline of the Democratic Party.

As usual, congressional Republicans are not united because too many are not real conservatives and have more in common with Democrats than with President Trump. Also, congressional Republicans like to talk, promise, and campaign, but they almost never deliver legislative victories.

Sadly, too many GOP members of Congress prefer to be in the minority, where they can make noise but are not responsible for anything.

This was exactly the dilemma in the first Trump term. When Republicans had a chance to finally eliminate the disastrous Affordable Care Act and save our healthcare system, they failed because the late U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) gave his infamous “thumbs down,” and the bill died.

In those years, Republicans delivered the Trump tax cuts but not much else, and the result of the 2018 midterm election was that Democrats took control of the U.S. House, gaining 40........

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