Kansas Republicans are setting a new bar for legislative lethargy.

First, under their failed leadership the Appropriations Committee has yet to produce any budget-balancing recommendations.  Next, not content to simply do nothing some are attempting to nullify the hard work and actions of others through the Freedom From Healthcare Act.

Now, they've stopped showing up to do their job.  With so little going on, it was only a matter of time before Republican legislators realized they didn't need to be there to get nothing done.   The Topeka Capitol Journal is reporting on the culture of absences and tardiness that GOP leadership has allowed to develop in the state legislature: