Maybe it’s the January doldrums, the one-month anniversary of Sandy Hook, a precarious save from the fiscal cliff or continuous legislative backbiting at every level of government.

Whatever the reason, we were glad to see a resurgence of the No Labels group in Washington, D.C., and heartened to see that two Illinois congressmen — Republican Adam Kinzinger, who represents the 16th Congressional District that includes parts of Central Illinois, and Dan Lipinski, a Democrat from the 3rd Congressional District — joining a re-energized group that wants to get government working in the same reality the rest of us inhabit.