<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliBut that, of course, is the real and present issue that neither congressional party addressed, transfixed as they and the media are by the fantasy budgets offered on the campaign trail by their respective standard-bearers.  <response>: Lakini hiyo, bila shaka, ni suala halisi na la sasa ambalo hakuna chama chochote cha bunge kilichozungumza, kama wao na vyombo vya habari walivyo na bajeti za ndoto zilizotolewa kwenye kampeni na wabebaji wao wa bendera. 