(Do Nothing) Politics As Usual?
Robert Novak nails the Democratic Do Nothing congress where it hurts in this article:
DO-NOTHING CONGRESS
After five months of Democratic control, Congress has enacted no major legislation and finished no regular appropriations bill. It has successfully renamed six federal buildings and one national park, extended the lives of two government commissions and reduced the membership of the Red Cross board of governors from 50 to 10.
In addition, Congress kept the government going with temporary spending legislation, redesignated five Eastern European countries (Albania, Macedonia, Croatia, Georgia and Ukraine) for security aid, strengthened penalties against animal fighting and authorized construction of 541 feet of road in St. Louis County, Mo. An emergency bill financing the war in Iraq and Afghanistan was vetoed by President Bush before a bill acceptable to him was passed before the Memorial Day recess.
Congress faces a heavy agenda to fit into a schedule interrupted by several recesses before the end of the year.
That’s a major change of direction but I don’t think that that’s the type of change that the American people voted for last November. Much like the DFL-dominated legislature in Minnesota, Pelosi’s Democrats are long on rhetoric and short on achievements.
A case in point is their inaction on enacting lobbying reform. I guess Gen. John Murtha vetoed that because it would eliminate the only friends he has in Washington.
Mind you, I’m not complaining. Every day that the Democrats do nothing is a good day for sane governance in the United States.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
May 26th, 2007 at 6:24 am
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May 26th, 2007 at 7:07 am
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May 26th, 2007 at 7:39 am
It’s not a do-nothing congress. All they’re doing is greasing we, the people, up for the mindless money grab that’s coming down the pike because they’re playing politics now.
Call me prescient, but I see a royal job on us because they’ll “have to get this legislation done in a hurry” because they spent so much time on important stuff like trying to embarass the prez with Albert, trying to impress the moonbats with war funding, and trying to impress Wall Street with their worshipful amnestyscam, the citizens be damned.
May 27th, 2007 at 5:55 am
Well, they raised the minimum wage more than 40%. Something the American public has supported for quite some time but something that was filibustered by the Republican-controlled Congress when it was brought up under their watch.
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May 27th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
And I wonder how many more people with those newly increased minimum wage jobs will get unemployment because of the increases? And it will be a long while before that full 40% shows up, too. Nice spin.
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