Worse Congress in History?

[finnbow]

Seemingly, yes. By a long shot.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...congress-ever/

There are not only grievous errors of omission, but plenty of commission. To wit:




It seems pretty obvious that Congress (and the House, in particular) is willing to sell the country down the tubes if they believes it may help them in the future. With numbers like these, we can only hope that the country reacts and throws these silly, selfish bums out. Consider for a moment that the House Majority makes a lot of hay talking about freeloaders and soci@lism. Just what exactly are they then?

[bhunter]

That was a good article. The upside of the 112th is that they have not passed a lot of legislation.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by bhunter

That was a good article. The upside of the 112th is that they have not passed a lot of legislation.

Forgive me for saying that I saw that one coming. It's kind of like me saying that the upside of the Supreme Court's declining productivity is that they decide fewer cases.

Regards,

D-Ray

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by bhunter

That was a good article. The upside of the 112th is that they have not passed a lot of legislation.

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Forgive me for saying that I saw that one coming. It's kind of like me saying that the upside of the Supreme Court's declining productivity is that they decide fewer cases.

Regards,

D-Ray

There's something to be said for fewer laws. They should focus on fewer, more important issues and refrain from renaming Post Offices and voting to repeal PPACA 33 times. It's like they're only willing to undertake the meaningless.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

There's something to be said for fewer laws. They should focus on fewer, more important issues and refrain from renaming Post Offices and voting to repeal PPACA 33 times. It's like they're only willing to undertake the meaningless.

True but I can't help thinking that our Libertarian friends would have it that, if less is better, none is best.

John

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

True but I can't help thinking that our Libertarian friends would have it that, if less is better, none is best.

John

With my current feelings about this Congress, I can sympathize with those sentiments.

[wgrr]

Originally Posted by bhunter

That was a good article. The upside of the 112th is that they have not passed a lot of legislation.

Yeah, like killing two small business bills in the Senate yesterday that would give a 10% tax credit to small business' that hired new employees or gave employees raises. It also allowed for full depreciation of large equipment purchases like trucks, vans, backhoes, etc...

It is a tax cut bill. The problem is it was predicted to create a million plus jobs real fast. Mitch McConnell can't have that happen for obvious reasons. Even some Republicans crossed over to the dark side and voted for it. But, it did not hit the magic imaginary "majority" number of votes of 60% to even get cloture.

BTW, I heard today that the Congress' approval rating is closer to 5%.

[bobabode]

"It's worse than it looks." Nice title. This type of performance would land anyone else in a bread line and/or prison.

How about buying two copies of the book and mailing one to your representative. Inscribed "Some summer reading for you from a concerned constituent". Take it around your district and have as many of your neighbors sign it too before mailing it.

What would you give to be a fly on the wall when they get back together after their grand vacations masquerading as fact finding junkets and start asking each other, "So, what did you do this summer, read any good books?"

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by wgrr

Yeah, like killing two small business bills in the Senate yesterday that would give a 10% tax credit to small business' that hired new employees or gave employees raises. It also allowed for full depreciation of large equipment purchases like trucks, vans, backhoes, etc...

It is a tax cut bill. The problem is it was predicted to create a million plus jobs real fast. Mitch McConnell can't have that happen for obvious reasons. Even some Republicans crossed over to the dark side and voted for it. But, it did not hit the magic imaginary "majority" number of votes of 60% to even get cloture.

BTW, I heard today that the Congress' approval rating is closer to 5%.

I suspect the problem resides with Harry Reid and his refusal to allow amendments to the bill. Politics by Harry as usual, but none the less they'll claim it was only the GOPs fault.

I'm not smitten by either side and would prefer their heads on pikes decorating the Reflecting Pool and an entire new group in office.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bhunter

I suspect the problem resides with Harry Reid and his refusal to allow amendments to the bill.

I suspect the problem resides within the amendments themselves. The Republicans in both Houses have been doing nothing but offering "Bill Killing" amendments ever since Obama was sworn in, things like trying to insert a ban on abortion into a jobs bill.

John