How is congress doing?

[Brain357]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

 

[there4eyeM]

WHAT is Congress doing? Seeing to re-election.

 

[washamericom]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

i'm one of the twelve percent that think congress is doing fine, just what they are supposed to do. the older our country gets, the better the system works.

it was always supposed to go slowly, one branch watches the others. this country can survive any number of radical affectations and elected representations, that what the constitution does.

the forefathers and mothers knew politicians like to talk.

 

[mudwhistle]

WHAT is Congress doing? Seeing to re-election.

Best way to do that is let Obama have everything he wants.
Once Obama's ideas become a reality instead of just some contentious issue, the disaster they will become are realized and the Democrat Party looks like the idiots that they are. Fact is, the Democrat's media will blame Republicans for any damage they themselves caused, or blame Republicans for not funding their disasters.....so why not let them have it. The people that will be punished are the schmucks that voted for Obama anyway. We're still waiting for the full effect of Obamacare to kick in next year. I wonder how the left will blame Republicans for that....like they did with the Sequester.

 

[occupied]

Trying very hard not to ruin it for whoever wins the nomination and taking lots of naps.

 

[Mac1958]

i'm one of the twelve percent that think congress is doing fine, just what they are supposed to do. the older our country gets, the better the system works.

it was always supposed to go slowly, one branch watches the others. this country can survive any number of radical affectations and elected representations, that what the constitution does.

Well, now this is an interesting thought.

It can be difficult to really focus in on, and get a clear picture of, what's happening in DC with the incredible amount of noise that surrounds it. Between the massive amount of "media" punditry and the general hyper-partisan rhetoric coming from there it can be pretty foggy.

Through it all I think that the system is badly damaged by money and other issues and it is badly under-performing, but your opinion is interesting.

.

 

[Brain357]

I'd like to see them working on balancing the budget. I really haven't heard of anything on that front.

 

[Sonny Clark]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

Congress has failed the American people for many decades now. Congress is bought and paid for by the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential. Congress is guilty of dereliction of duty through many administrations, both Republican and Democrat. Congress is controlled by Lobbyists, which represents special interests. We have not had a representative U.S. Congress since the 50's.

EXAMPLES:

(1) The injustices in our judicial system
(2) Taxation injustices
(3) Government corruption
(4) Illegal immigration
(5) Foreign trade
(6) The EPA [ pollution of land, rivers, streams, lakes, air, oceans ]
(7) Waste and fraud associated with tax dollars
(8) Senseless deadly costly wars
(9) Subsidies and pork spending
(10) Our rundown infrastructure
(11) Social injustices [ education, poverty, health care, mistreatment of Vets, employment, social services injustices, eminent domain ]
(12) Natural resources [ coal, fossil fuels, water ]
(13) National security
(14) The right to privacy
(15) Campaign financing [ election fraud ]
(16) Government transparency
(17) Corporate welfare programs [ Wall Street, the financial institutions, bailouts, tax exemptions, subsidies, tax loopholes ] ----------- ** Favoritism
(18) Foreign aid and foreign policy

The question should be, "what has Congress done, accomplished, to the benefit of all American citizens?" In other words, what can be attributed to Congress as far as directly benefitting this nation and her citizens, and making us a better nation and a more prosperous people? The truth is, we've been sold out by the very ones that we've entrusted with our well-being.

 

[Mac1958]

I'd like to see them working on balancing the budget. I really haven't heard of anything on that front.

A balanced budget would inhibit them from buying votes, so that's gonna be a tough one.

.

 

[Darkwind]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

Congress has failed the American people for many decades now. Congress is bought and paid for by the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential. Congress is guilty of dereliction of duty through many administrations, both Republican and Democrat. Congress is controlled by Lobbyists, which represents special interests. We have not had a representative U.S. Congress since the 50's.

EXAMPLES:

(1) The injustices in our judicial system
(2) Taxation injustices
(3) Government corruption
(4) Illegal immigration
(5) Foreign trade
(6) The EPA [ pollution of land, rivers, streams, lakes, air, oceans ]
(7) Waste and fraud associated with tax dollars
(8) Senseless deadly costly wars
(9) Subsidies and pork spending
(10) Our rundown infrastructure
(11) Social injustices [ education, poverty, health care, mistreatment of Vets, employment, social services injustices, eminent domain ]
(12) Natural resources [ coal, fossil fuels, water ]
(13) National security
(14) The right to privacy
(15) Campaign financing [ election fraud ]
(16) Government transparency
(17) Corporate welfare programs [ Wall Street, the financial institutions, bailouts, tax exemptions, subsidies, tax loopholes ] ----------- ** Favoritism
(18) Foreign aid and foreign policy

The question should be, "what has Congress done, accomplished, to the benefit of all American citizens?" In other words, what can be attributed to Congress as far as directly benefitting this nation and her citizens, and making us a better nation and a more prosperous people? The truth is, we've been sold out by the very ones that we've entrusted with our well-being.

Every US Congress person is a representative. For the most part, they are doing exactly what their constituents want them to do, or they would not be re-elected to the tune of 95% of the time.....

BTW...lobbyists and special interests are ordinary citizens (who have pooled their resources) petitioning the government for redress of grievances.....a defined right in the Bill of Rights...

 

[Darkwind]

I personally want them to force the President to FULLY implement the Affordable Care Act.

 

[there4eyeM]

The unconscionable sums spent by 'lobbyists' on influencing Congress has to be addressed. They are hardly like 'ordinary' citizens.

 

[Sonny Clark]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

Congress has failed the American people for many decades now. Congress is bought and paid for by the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential. Congress is guilty of dereliction of duty through many administrations, both Republican and Democrat. Congress is controlled by Lobbyists, which represents special interests. We have not had a representative U.S. Congress since the 50's.

EXAMPLES:

(1) The injustices in our judicial system
(2) Taxation injustices
(3) Government corruption
(4) Illegal immigration
(5) Foreign trade
(6) The EPA [ pollution of land, rivers, streams, lakes, air, oceans ]
(7) Waste and fraud associated with tax dollars
(8) Senseless deadly costly wars
(9) Subsidies and pork spending
(10) Our rundown infrastructure
(11) Social injustices [ education, poverty, health care, mistreatment of Vets, employment, social services injustices, eminent domain ]
(12) Natural resources [ coal, fossil fuels, water ]
(13) National security
(14) The right to privacy
(15) Campaign financing [ election fraud ]
(16) Government transparency
(17) Corporate welfare programs [ Wall Street, the financial institutions, bailouts, tax exemptions, subsidies, tax loopholes ] ----------- ** Favoritism
(18) Foreign aid and foreign policy

The question should be, "what has Congress done, accomplished, to the benefit of all American citizens?" In other words, what can be attributed to Congress as far as directly benefitting this nation and her citizens, and making us a better nation and a more prosperous people? The truth is, we've been sold out by the very ones that we've entrusted with our well-being.

Every US Congress person is a representative. For the most part, they are doing exactly what their constituents want them to do, or they would not be re-elected to the tune of 95% of the time.....

BTW...lobbyists and special interests are ordinary citizens (who have pooled their resources) petitioning the government for redress of grievances.....a defined right in the Bill of Rights...

FYI - "The People" do NOT want what we're seeing and experiencing. The U.S. Congress does NOT represent the American people, period. I have no idea what world or bubble you're living in, or what fairy tales you've been reading, but we are NOT doing good, not in the least. We've been forced to lower our standard of living, we have many millions receiving some form of government assistance, our jobs consist mainly of low-wage, part-time, and temporary employment, we have unaffordable health care, unfair and unequal taxation, senseless deadly costly wars, poverty, homelessness, a rundown infrastructure, illegal immigration issues, polluted rivers, lakes, streams, oceans, and the air we breath, we have less home ownership, cities going bankrupt, troubled pension funds, mistreatment of our Vets, an astronomical and rising national debt, a judicial system of injustices, loss of privacy, a rising cost of higher education, import dependency, and the largest prison population in the known world.

So, tell me all the good things that our U.S. Congress is doing, or has done, for us and this once great nation. Please, list all the good things for me, if you don't mind. I'd really like to see your list of Congressional accomplishments over the past half century or so. And, please don't leave out the wars and loss of the Middle Class of society. Thanks in advance for your response.

 

[Brain357]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

Congress has failed the American people for many decades now. Congress is bought and paid for by the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential. Congress is guilty of dereliction of duty through many administrations, both Republican and Democrat. Congress is controlled by Lobbyists, which represents special interests. We have not had a representative U.S. Congress since the 50's.

EXAMPLES:

(1) The injustices in our judicial system
(2) Taxation injustices
(3) Government corruption
(4) Illegal immigration
(5) Foreign trade
(6) The EPA [ pollution of land, rivers, streams, lakes, air, oceans ]
(7) Waste and fraud associated with tax dollars
(8) Senseless deadly costly wars
(9) Subsidies and pork spending
(10) Our rundown infrastructure
(11) Social injustices [ education, poverty, health care, mistreatment of Vets, employment, social services injustices, eminent domain ]
(12) Natural resources [ coal, fossil fuels, water ]
(13) National security
(14) The right to privacy
(15) Campaign financing [ election fraud ]
(16) Government transparency
(17) Corporate welfare programs [ Wall Street, the financial institutions, bailouts, tax exemptions, subsidies, tax loopholes ] ----------- ** Favoritism
(18) Foreign aid and foreign policy

The question should be, "what has Congress done, accomplished, to the benefit of all American citizens?" In other words, what can be attributed to Congress as far as directly benefitting this nation and her citizens, and making us a better nation and a more prosperous people? The truth is, we've been sold out by the very ones that we've entrusted with our well-being.

Every US Congress person is a representative. For the most part, they are doing exactly what their constituents want them to do, or they would not be re-elected to the tune of 95% of the time.....

BTW...lobbyists and special interests are ordinary citizens (who have pooled their resources) petitioning the government for redress of grievances.....a defined right in the Bill of Rights...

I think the two party system keeps people in congress even if they aren't doing what the peope want. There is only one other option each election.

 

[Sonny Clark]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

Congress has failed the American people for many decades now. Congress is bought and paid for by the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential. Congress is guilty of dereliction of duty through many administrations, both Republican and Democrat. Congress is controlled by Lobbyists, which represents special interests. We have not had a representative U.S. Congress since the 50's.

EXAMPLES:

(1) The injustices in our judicial system
(2) Taxation injustices
(3) Government corruption
(4) Illegal immigration
(5) Foreign trade
(6) The EPA [ pollution of land, rivers, streams, lakes, air, oceans ]
(7) Waste and fraud associated with tax dollars
(8) Senseless deadly costly wars
(9) Subsidies and pork spending
(10) Our rundown infrastructure
(11) Social injustices [ education, poverty, health care, mistreatment of Vets, employment, social services injustices, eminent domain ]
(12) Natural resources [ coal, fossil fuels, water ]
(13) National security
(14) The right to privacy
(15) Campaign financing [ election fraud ]
(16) Government transparency
(17) Corporate welfare programs [ Wall Street, the financial institutions, bailouts, tax exemptions, subsidies, tax loopholes ] ----------- ** Favoritism
(18) Foreign aid and foreign policy

The question should be, "what has Congress done, accomplished, to the benefit of all American citizens?" In other words, what can be attributed to Congress as far as directly benefitting this nation and her citizens, and making us a better nation and a more prosperous people? The truth is, we've been sold out by the very ones that we've entrusted with our well-being.

Every US Congress person is a representative. For the most part, they are doing exactly what their constituents want them to do, or they would not be re-elected to the tune of 95% of the time.....

BTW...lobbyists and special interests are ordinary citizens (who have pooled their resources) petitioning the government for redress of grievances.....a defined right in the Bill of Rights...

I think the two party system keeps people in congress even if they aren't doing what the peope want. There is only one other option each election.

The "option" is to elect pro-America representatives, and STOP electing and re-electing professional politicians to serve in government. It's just that simple. No one is forced to vote for professional politicians, voters do that on their own, then complain for the next four years. Go figure. Our representatives do NOT just waltz into Washington and take a seat, we elect them. So, where does the blame lie?

 

[Darkwind]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

Congress has failed the American people for many decades now. Congress is bought and paid for by the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential. Congress is guilty of dereliction of duty through many administrations, both Republican and Democrat. Congress is controlled by Lobbyists, which represents special interests. We have not had a representative U.S. Congress since the 50's.

EXAMPLES:

(1) The injustices in our judicial system
(2) Taxation injustices
(3) Government corruption
(4) Illegal immigration
(5) Foreign trade
(6) The EPA [ pollution of land, rivers, streams, lakes, air, oceans ]
(7) Waste and fraud associated with tax dollars
(8) Senseless deadly costly wars
(9) Subsidies and pork spending
(10) Our rundown infrastructure
(11) Social injustices [ education, poverty, health care, mistreatment of Vets, employment, social services injustices, eminent domain ]
(12) Natural resources [ coal, fossil fuels, water ]
(13) National security
(14) The right to privacy
(15) Campaign financing [ election fraud ]
(16) Government transparency
(17) Corporate welfare programs [ Wall Street, the financial institutions, bailouts, tax exemptions, subsidies, tax loopholes ] ----------- ** Favoritism
(18) Foreign aid and foreign policy

The question should be, "what has Congress done, accomplished, to the benefit of all American citizens?" In other words, what can be attributed to Congress as far as directly benefitting this nation and her citizens, and making us a better nation and a more prosperous people? The truth is, we've been sold out by the very ones that we've entrusted with our well-being.

Every US Congress person is a representative. For the most part, they are doing exactly what their constituents want them to do, or they would not be re-elected to the tune of 95% of the time.....

BTW...lobbyists and special interests are ordinary citizens (who have pooled their resources) petitioning the government for redress of grievances.....a defined right in the Bill of Rights...

FYI - "The People" do NOT want what we're seeing and experiencing. The U.S. Congress does NOT represent the American people, period. I have no idea what world or bubble you're living in, or what fairy tales you've been reading, but we are NOT doing good, not in the least. We've been forced to lower our standard of living, we have many millions receiving some form of government assistance, our jobs consist mainly of low-wage, part-time, and temporary employment, we have unaffordable health care, unfair and unequal taxation, senseless deadly costly wars, poverty, homelessness, a rundown infrastructure, illegal immigration issues, polluted rivers, lakes, streams, oceans, and the air we breath, we have less home ownership, cities going bankrupt, troubled pension funds, mistreatment of our Vets, an astronomical and rising national debt, a judicial system of injustices, loss of privacy, a rising cost of higher education, import dependency, and the largest prison population in the known world.

So, tell me all the good things that our U.S. Congress is doing, or has done, for us and this once great nation. Please, list all the good things for me, if you don't mind. I'd really like to see your list of Congressional accomplishments over the past half century or so. And, please don't leave out the wars and loss of the Middle Class of society. Thanks in advance for your response.

Do you need to read the Constitution?

A US Congress person is a "Representative" of a Congressional district. He or she does NOT have to care one fuck what the people of this country want, only what the people of her or his district want.

Lets start with that and see if you improve afterward.

 

[Darkwind]

Has congress done anything that will make our country better since Republicans took over?


All told, Congress has sent 21 bills to the president for his signature in the 79 legislative days when either one or both chambers has been in session (another 105 days of work are scheduled for the rest of the year).

Eight of those bills could be considered major actions: reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, approving the Keystone pipeline (despite the president's veto), funding the Department of Homeland Security, permanently fixing Medicare repayments, preventing veteran suicides, establishing a police attack "blue alert" system, aiding victims of trafficking and instituting congressional review for an Iran nuclear deal.


GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress - US News

Congress has failed the American people for many decades now. Congress is bought and paid for by the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential. Congress is guilty of dereliction of duty through many administrations, both Republican and Democrat. Congress is controlled by Lobbyists, which represents special interests. We have not had a representative U.S. Congress since the 50's.

EXAMPLES:

(1) The injustices in our judicial system
(2) Taxation injustices
(3) Government corruption
(4) Illegal immigration
(5) Foreign trade
(6) The EPA [ pollution of land, rivers, streams, lakes, air, oceans ]
(7) Waste and fraud associated with tax dollars
(8) Senseless deadly costly wars
(9) Subsidies and pork spending
(10) Our rundown infrastructure
(11) Social injustices [ education, poverty, health care, mistreatment of Vets, employment, social services injustices, eminent domain ]
(12) Natural resources [ coal, fossil fuels, water ]
(13) National security
(14) The right to privacy
(15) Campaign financing [ election fraud ]
(16) Government transparency
(17) Corporate welfare programs [ Wall Street, the financial institutions, bailouts, tax exemptions, subsidies, tax loopholes ] ----------- ** Favoritism
(18) Foreign aid and foreign policy

The question should be, "what has Congress done, accomplished, to the benefit of all American citizens?" In other words, what can be attributed to Congress as far as directly benefitting this nation and her citizens, and making us a better nation and a more prosperous people? The truth is, we've been sold out by the very ones that we've entrusted with our well-being.

Every US Congress person is a representative. For the most part, they are doing exactly what their constituents want them to do, or they would not be re-elected to the tune of 95% of the time.....

BTW...lobbyists and special interests are ordinary citizens (who have pooled their resources) petitioning the government for redress of grievances.....a defined right in the Bill of Rights...

I think the two party system keeps people in congress even if they aren't doing what the peope want. There is only one other option each election.

No doubt we need to get rid of the two party system...but first we have to educate people on what a US Congress person is.

Sheesh...

 

[there4eyeM]

And if they want to secede?

 

[Darkwind]

The unconscionable sums spent by 'lobbyists' on influencing Congress has to be addressed. They are hardly like 'ordinary' citizens.

They are EXACTLY ordinary citizens.....well, except for the ones that are foreigners and donate to the Clinton foundation.....

Ha!

Any special interest group gets its money from people who have similar beliefs...

If I get 9 million golf people together and tell Congress we need non-political golf courses (meaning Obama has to go elsewhere) and they all put money into this lobby, that is their right under the Bill of Rights.......

 

[Darkwind]

And if they want to secede?

Who said that being a special interest group means you get what you want?