Congress went away for its midsummer break this weekend with a lot of unfinished business on the table.  Organizations like Third Way see the problem as a lack of bipartisanship in Washington these days.  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) spoke before Third Way in late June and said to be prepared for no federal budget or progress on deficit reduction unless members of both parties came together with a serious plan.  Here´s a brief excerpt:

The full discussion is long, but worth a viewing as it presents one idea for how Congress might address budget and deficit issues.  We won´t argue whether Hoyer´s approach is the right one, nor whether it is realistic to think members of both parties could come together in such a fashion.  Click here for the full event video.