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Will they ever pass actual legislation?
Published on June 12, 2007 By singrdave In Democrat
Call this the "Non-Binding Congress."

They have an incredible willingness to spend inordinate amounts of money (time is money, people!) on the Non-Binding Resolutions of our time: Iraq, Alberto Gonzales, blah blah and more blah. This "vote of no confidence" in the Attorney General (which failed, BTW) is the latest in a string of ineffective parliamentary procedure. The Democrats received a mandate from the people for change, which Pelosi and crew gladly took up. They claimed their tenure in the House and Senate would end the culture of corruption that had choked and stifled the smooth, efficient function of government. Yet the only piece of legislation they've pushed through was the increase in the minimum wage bill -- attached to the War Funding bill that the President had already promised to sign. They threaten to "get" all the Republicans who've been in office for more than a term.

So when is this Congress going to get over the non-binding stuff and really change Washington, as promised?


Comments
on Jun 12, 2007
Meh!
on Jun 12, 2007
I have said this before and will say it again. The democrats will do nothing except trash every move Bush makes because they are terrified to make a mistake and blow their chances at the 2008 Whitehouse.
on Jun 12, 2007
MM:
The democrats will do nothing except trash every move Bush makes because they are terrified to make a mistake and blow their chances at the 2008 Whitehouse.


I think they have a much better shot at the White House in 2008 if they actually present change, rather than just hinting at it and continuing to snipe at the current administration. 2006 election results notwithstanding, people vote for something, not against something.
on Jun 12, 2007
Actually, I like this congress.  But then I am a fan of "The government that governs best, governs least".  So let them waste the time (side point - they are WAY overpaid regardless of what they do).  It is better for us.
on Jun 12, 2007
But then I am a fan of "The government that governs best, governs least". So let them waste the time (side point - they are WAY overpaid regardless of what they do). It is better for us.

I think the point was that they were going to come in and actually accomplish something, even if it was short-sighted and ill-conceived. Call me crazy.
on Jun 12, 2007

were going to come in and actually accomplish something

Of which I agreed with almost none of, so I am satisfied.

on Jun 12, 2007
Well, I am disappointed of the lack of care for his peoples thoughts that President Bush has shown thru out the years. I gave him the benefit of the doubt that what he was doing he had our well being in mind, but I'm not so sure of that anymore. Time and time again he has proven to me that he seems more concerned with what he wants and helping those in Big Business than what us little people want.

I was willing accept some change when 2006 elections came. I accepted the concept that the Gov't should not be controlled in all 3 Houses by a single Party. But it seems that no matter who is in charge, nothing will really gets done that is not in some way in the best interest of the Party itself as oppose to the people of this country.
on Jun 12, 2007
I think they have a much better shot at the White House in 2008 if they actually present change, rather than just hinting at it and continuing to snipe at the current administration. 2006 election results notwithstanding, people vote for something, not against something.


I agree, but getting democrats to focus on anything but Bush is a large task.  Also, focusing their attention on Bush means they don't have to answer any tough questions regarding their ideas for universal healthcare, Iran, etc. 
on Jun 12, 2007
focusing their attention on Bush means they don't have to answer any tough questions

True, the path of least resistance leads through Scooter Libby, Alberto Gonzales, Donald Rumsfeld, not to mention the never-ending quibbling over the war in Iraq. The Democrats would rather focus on the Bush Administration's shortcomings to call attention away from their own.
on Jun 12, 2007
Better for the Democratic Congress to spend an entire day doing nothing { vote of no confidence, non binding} than to work, even at this non binding they failed. way to go DEMOCRATS!!
on Jun 13, 2007
Kinda funny how the same tactics when campaigning (pointing at the rivals failure without claiming to have a solution of your own) seems to work just as good after you win the elections.