The House of Representatives have decided to abandon Washington until after the November elections. The poorly thought of Congressional delegates will have left after only being in session for ten days.

The House has decided to leave the capitol for an additional seven weeks after recently returning from a five week break.

Democratic leaders in the House have asked Speaker John Boehner, Republican Representative from Ohio, to keep the chamber in session in an attempt to tie up loose ends before recessing, but the chances of that happening are nil.

Democrats from the House wrote in a Thursday letter to Boehner, “Democrats do not believe the House should recess this week, or at all, until we have met our responsibilities to the American people.” They continued, saying, “Our nation can ill-afford economic uncertainty that will result from Congress remaining idle for another [seven] weeks.” They called the departure of the House before issues such as the Farm Bill, sequester cuts and expiring Bush tax cuts are dealt with a “Deriliction of Duty to Lead.”

The letter was signed by Nancy Pelosi(Calif.), Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.), Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (S.C.), Rep. John Larson (Conn.), chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Rep. Xavier Becerra (Calif.), vice chairman of the Democratic Caucus and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, senior Democrat on the Budget Committee.

A frustrated group of bi-partisan lawmakers from the farm heavy districts in the country have launched a last ditch effort to pass a five year farm bill today. They began a vote count last week asking their fellow lawmakers two questions, “Would you support bringing the bill to the floor? Would you support passage of the bill as it came out of committee?” Currently, they have narrowed down their vote count to just one question, the last of the two.

The lawmakers feel that if it came to a vote today, it would pass, Republican House leaders say otherwise. The Farm Bill came out of the Agriculture Committee in July clearing it on a 35-11 vote.

A petition to force a vote on the bill has been circulating the house and has 64 signtures, including 11 from Republicans, but the petition would need 218, and that is not likely to happen anytime today.

The Senate passed their version of the five year bill in June on a vote of 64-35, but that bill is different than the one that came out of the House committee and so even if the House version passes, it would need to go to conference.

The current occupants of Congress have been labeled as dysfunctional, and their rating are currently at about 13% according to polls. This is the worst rating given to Congress since the polling began.

Finger-pointing and partisanship have stalled any meaningful legislation this session.

Representative John McCain said Congress is “leaving town in disgrace.”