Serious budget cutting? The House has other fish to fry.
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0 Left 0 Centered 0 RightTo say that our lawmakers are carping at trifles gives them too much credit. In fact, they are carping at carp. "Asian carp [are] one of the world's most rampant invasive species," Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, proclaimed on the House floor, 35 hours into the debate over budget cuts. "Weighing up to 100 pounds, spanning over six feet and eating half their body weight daily, Asian carp have the ability to decimate fish populations indigenous to the Great La...