Democrats claim the gop is the party of "no". How can they make this claim when they havnt passed a budget in nearly 3 years. Republicans have passed 2 major pieces of fiscal legislation that have never seen the light of day in the democratically controlled senate. Seems to me the senate is not only the party of "no", they are the party of "no action"
The democratic senate has utterly failed to do the business of the American people. Harry Reed is a failed leader. It is his job to lead the senate and promote the views of his caucus through legislation. He constantly blames the house for his own failures. The bills that passed the house are supposed to be debated by his house. He has an opportunity to amend the bill in any fashion and then send it back to the house for a final vote. Then the bill would goto committee for final tweeks and resolution. Yet all he does is table the bills, no debate, no amendments, no nothing. AND THEN HE AND THE PRESIDENT BLAME HOUSE REPUBLICANS! WTF? If he doesn't like their bills its his duty to alter them to make them acceptable to his caucus. At the very least he should have offered a counter proposal in bill form. Yet we get nothing but the blame game....
Pathetic
Which bills are you talking about? One was the Ryan bill that cut Medicare. What was the other one? Cut more taxes for wealthy people? Slash education? Certainly nothing to do with jobs.
Let's all debate why seniors should get their benefits cut. Why oil subsidies are more important than school lunches.
The Ryan plan did not cut any benefits for Seniors. If you are younger than 55, you will have a later retiremtn and the COLA will be adjusted differently.
What is the actual change to the tax policies regarding the oil compnaies, Jingoist? What possible effect do you think this will have except to increase the price of gas? Why are you in favor of tampering with the tax policies on this one industry in the USA when the same industry operating outside the USA is held harmless?
How thorough is your thought process?
Is a school lunch program a Federal Responsibility?