Here’s the latest Washington nonsense story. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Jim DeMint have co-sponsored legislation in which the U.S. Senate would congratulate the University of South Carolina baseball team.

It’s basically a meaningless piece of legislation, one that is sponsored each session by the Senators of the state in which the champions reside.

But the legislation has apparently been blocked from being considered by the senate by a small group of lawmakers who want to make sure people know that they take their duties seriously. These senators argue that the U.S. Senate has more pressing problems and should not be wasting its time congratulating the winners of a college baseball tournament.

That sounds good on the surface, but really, how long does it take to raise your hand and vote to congratulate the Gamecocks?

And furthermore, it would be different if the Senate was actually spending time trying to take care of these “more pressing problems.” Instead the Senate spends time arguing over silly matters, passing legislation filled with pork that they somehow describe as “stimulus packages” that simply distribute tax dollars to projects that will help the senators earn re-election in their home states, while not adding a single job to the workforce.

If anything, the inability to pass a declaration congratulating the University of South Carolina baseball team shows the continuing futility of Washington politics.

When the Gamecocks defeated UCLA in the finals of the College World Series, all South Carolinians should have been proud. Clemson fans, although still sad that the Gamecocks had eliminated the Tigers in the semi-finals, should have been glad to see their rivals bringing positive attention to the state of South Carolina.

If this accomplishment could being together warring factions such as Tigers and Gamecocks, shouldn’t more professional combatants such as the Democrats and Republicans be able to push aside their differences long enough to say, “Congratulations?”

This wasn’t an attack on the state of South Carolina, or yet another strike against the state due to the Confederate flag. A similar measure congratulating the University of Alabama for winning the NCAA football championship has yet to be acted upon.

So the question arises: If our Senate cannot agree to pay tribute to the accomplishments of young men in the country, how are they ever going to solve this economic crisis?