A glimpse at what Repub governance looks like.

[berg80]

Capitol Hill stunner: 2023 led to fewest laws in decades​

The 118th Congress is on track to be one of the most unproductive in modern history, with just a couple dozen laws on the books at the close of 2023, according to data from data analytics firm Quorum.

Why it matters: It's the product of not only divided partisan control of Washington, but infighting within the House Republican majority that has routinely ground legislative business to a halt.

• That includes the three-week period this fall in which Congress was paralyzed Republican's inability to find a replacement for ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/118-congress-bills-least-unproductive-chart

I find nothing stunning at all about ineffectual Repub governance. It's a consequence of a witch's brew of MAGAists, a few leftover centrists who have yet to be purged, and anarchists known as the Freedom Caucus.

We all should have seen this coming when the fractured POT caucus took 15 tries to elect the most toothless Speaker in history. A guy who's grasp on the gavel was always tenuous at best.

In light of..........

Zoom in: When you dig into the laws passed by this Congress, the picture becomes even more bleak.

• The vast majority were uncontroversial bills that passed either by unanimous consent or with minimal opposition, including multiple measures to rename Veterans Affairs clinics and another to mint a coin commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps.

.......one could make the argument they've virtually done nothing at all aside from making a spectacle of themselves.

 

[kyzr]

The GOP House just needs to Impeach Joe Biden and cut spending to be successful.

Its not the volume of the legislation, its the effectiveness of the legislation that matters.

 

[Nostra]

Good. The less they do, the better.

 

[HeyNorm]

Capitol Hill stunner: 2023 led to fewest laws in decades​

The 118th Congress is on track to be one of the most unproductive in modern history, with just a couple dozen laws on the books at the close of 2023, according to data from data analytics firm Quorum.

Why it matters: It's the product of not only divided partisan control of Washington, but infighting within the House Republican majority that has routinely ground legislative business to a halt.

• That includes the three-week period this fall in which Congress was paralyzed Republican's inability to find a replacement for ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/118-congress-bills-least-unproductive-chart

I find nothing stunning at all about ineffectual Repub governance. It's a consequence of a witch's brew of MAGAists, a few leftover centrists who have yet to be purged, and anarchists known as the Freedom Caucus.

We all should have seen this coming when the fractured POT caucus took 15 tries to elect the most toothless Speaker in history. A guy who's grasp on the gavel was always tenuous at best.

In light of..........

Zoom in: When you dig into the laws passed by this Congress, the picture becomes even more bleak.

• The vast majority were uncontroversial bills that passed either by unanimous consent or with minimal opposition, including multiple measures to rename Veterans Affairs clinics and another to mint a coin commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps.

.......one could make the argument they've virtually done nothing at all aside from making a spectacle of themselves.

Wait, you want government to pass more laws? The same government that has us 30+ trillion dollars in debt?

Are you mad?

 

[berg80]

The GOP House just needs to Impeach Joe Biden and cut spending to be successful.

Its not the volume of the legislation, its the effectiveness of the legislation that matters.

So you're saying the country is in such good shape the House didn't even need to try to pass bills to fix any problems? 4 more years!

 

[berg80]

Wait, you want government to pass more laws? The same government that has us 30+ trillion dollars in debt?

Are you mad?

Take a look at the chart shown on the article and then tell me this is not an unusual Congress.

 

[kyzr]

So you're saying the country is in such good shape the House didn't even need to try to pass bills to fix any problems? 4 more years!

Give specifics of your criticism. Like why blame republicans after years of democrat rule?
What should the GOP House do that the democrat House couldn't do?

The biggest problem facing the US is the $34T Debt and out of control spending.
The House can only push things so far without senate concurrence.

When the House comes back in January they have a few Budget items to pass.
The Senate has 12 to pass that the House already passed.
Mike Johnson needs to stand firm cutting the Budget.

 

[1srelluc]

OP acts as if that's a bad thing. If anything they erred on the side of Freedom.

 

[rightwinger]

Republicans are incapable of governing and they have no desire to do so.

 

[TNHarley]

Excellent news. Thank you!

 

[Cellblock2429]

Capitol Hill stunner: 2023 led to fewest laws in decades​

The 118th Congress is on track to be one of the most unproductive in modern history, with just a couple dozen laws on the books at the close of 2023, according to data from data analytics firm Quorum.

Why it matters: It's the product of not only divided partisan control of Washington, but infighting within the House Republican majority that has routinely ground legislative business to a halt.

• That includes the three-week period this fall in which Congress was paralyzed Republican's inability to find a replacement for ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/118-congress-bills-least-unproductive-chart

I find nothing stunning at all about ineffectual Repub governance. It's a consequence of a witch's brew of MAGAists, a few leftover centrists who have yet to be purged, and anarchists known as the Freedom Caucus.

We all should have seen this coming when the fractured POT caucus took 15 tries to elect the most toothless Speaker in history. A guy who's grasp on the gavel was always tenuous at best.

In light of..........

Zoom in: When you dig into the laws passed by this Congress, the picture becomes even more bleak.

• The vast majority were uncontroversial bills that passed either by unanimous consent or with minimal opposition, including multiple measures to rename Veterans Affairs clinics and another to mint a coin commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps.

.......one could make the argument they've virtually done nothing at all aside from making a spectacle of themselves.

/---/ We like a gridlocked Congress. Fewer bills equal fewer restrictions on our freedom. It was designed that way by Congress for a reason. What makes you think that cranking out bills is a good thing?

 

[Cellblock2429]

Republicans are incapable of governing and they have no desire to do so.

/----/ Bidenonomics in action:
Millions of student borrowers aren’t making their monthly loan payments, according to the Department of Education. Federal student loan payments resumed in October after years of a pandemic-induced pause and a failed attempt by President Joe Biden to grant near-blanket forgiveness. Roughly 40% of people missed that first payment, the Education Department said. “Faced with the impossible choice of feeding their kids, keeping a roof over their head or throwing an average of $400 a month into the Department of Education incinerator, borrowers are rightly choosing to keep themselves and their families financially afloat,” said Astra Taylor, co-founder of the Debt Collective, a union for debtors. --- CNBC Morning Squawk.



— CNBC’s Sara Salinas wrote this newsletter. Samantha Subin, Alex Harring, Ryan Browne, Kif Leswing, Sam Meredith and Annie Nova contributed.

 

[rightwinger]

/----/ Bidenonomics in action:
Millions of student borrowers aren’t making their monthly loan payments, according to the Department of Education. Federal student loan payments resumed in October after years of a pandemic-induced pause and a failed attempt by President Joe Biden to grant near-blanket forgiveness. Roughly 40% of people missed that first payment, the Education Department said. “Faced with the impossible choice of feeding their kids, keeping a roof over their head or throwing an average of $400 a month into the Department of Education incinerator, borrowers are rightly choosing to keep themselves and their families financially afloat,” said Astra Taylor, co-founder of the Debt Collective, a union for debtors. --- CNBC Morning Squawk.



— CNBC’s Sara Salinas wrote this newsletter. Samantha Subin, Alex Harring, Ryan Browne, Kif Leswing, Sam Meredith and Annie Nova contributed.

I always laugh when I see Conservatives complaining about the plight of poor people.

Also funny to watch them blame “Gubmint” for low wages as they protect employers from paying them

 

[martybegan]

Take a look at the chart shown on the article and then tell me this is not an unusual Congress.

Anything passed by the house to fix said issues would at minimum be voted down by a Democrat controlled Senate, and if pass that vetoed by a Democrat President.

 

[rightwinger]

Anything passed by the house to fix said issues would at minimum be voted down by a Democrat controlled Senate, and if pass that vetoed by a Democrat President.

Try bipartisan legislation.
It has worked for hundreds of years

 

[martybegan]

Try bipartisan legislation.
It has worked for hundreds of years

Demspeak: Bipartisan= give us what we want

 

[CowboyTed]

The GOP House just needs to Impeach Joe Biden and cut spending to be successful.

Its not the volume of the legislation, its the effectiveness of the legislation that matters.

So fuck helping Americans...

Impeach Joe Biden for no reason...
Cutting Spending to the levels that are stated here will cause a depression.

This is not about proper governance, it actually hurts America...

BTW, who do you think wins when you cut spending (especially after cutting taxes)...
The rich.. So I hope you don't mind me saying that constant putting money the rich pocket...

You are obviously pro elite...

 

[Zincwarrior]

No budget passed.
No aid for Ukraine.
No border legislation passed both houses.
Lets revise, what did they actually do?

 

[rightwinger]

Demspeak: Bipartisan= give us what we want

Called a Win/Win solution
You get some of what you want and I get some of what I want

Now, Republicans would rather get nothing than allow Dems to get anything

 

[martybegan]

Called a Win/Win solution
You get some of what you want and I get some of what I want

Now, Republicans would rather get nothing than allow Dems to get anything

The Dems never give an inch on anything, so stop being obtuse.

They could have gotten their Ukraine $$ if they provided money to Border Security.