LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Here's a little Christmas poem by THV's Craig O'Neill. 

'Twas the Night Before Christmas on Capitol Hill


'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house

Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse

Because all of Congress had taken a break

Leaving millions of angry taxpayers in their wake

Oh so often with compromise in their reach

And a President wanting to go home to the beach

They played political games with taxpayers' money

Neither hopeful, nor helpful, and especially not funny

Then over the capitol dome did appear

A federally subsidized sleigh pulled by deer

And a man in red who said be not afraid

Called himself Claus, obviously a lawyer by trade

With a wave of his hand he cast a spell

That all of o-12 the government would get well

That lawmakers would care less who lost and who won

But instead concentrate on getting something done

For most of the night he worked on this hex

Despite obviously exceeding the body mass index

He did it with such humor and with such cheer

And then got in the sleigh and called out to his deer

On Boehner, On Peolosi, On Ross and On Reid

On Boozman, On Pryor, all mighty steeds

But then alas, instead of rising into the air

Pulled by those guys, the sleigh went nowhere.