Really Wish the GOP would stop Pretending they can pass anything meaningful....

[Pasco08]

Why do the GOP speakers pretend they don't know they aren't going to be able to pass anything meaningful until at least 2017? We are all aware (well everyone except hardline voters who apparently believe everything their politicians tell them and don't understand basic high-school civics) that the GOP doesn't have the votes to overcome a Senate filibuster let alone a Obama Veto. We fully realize that any attempts to pass partisan legislation (which most items on his "wish" list undeniably are) are for show and doomed to failure. The only reason Boehner was able to pass a budget is because the GOP wanted to be able to blame it on Boehner who was leaving when their voters got angry. You guys arent fooling anyone. So forget about partisan sideshows until you have the power to actually achieve it and do something productive with all that taxpayer money you get paid.

 

[Stephanie]

we already have 1000's of laws and regulations STRANGLING us, businesses, the economy, OUR Rights, etc

Maybe they can pass what size soda cups we can drink from, what kind of light bulbs we should use, what toilets we peasants can have, etc

 

[tinydancer]

Why do the GOP speakers pretend they don't know they aren't going to be able to pass anything meaningful until at least 2017? We are all aware (well everyone except hardline voters who apparently believe everything their politicians tell them and don't understand basic high-school civics) that the GOP doesn't have the votes to overcome a Senate filibuster let alone a Obama Veto. We fully realize that any attempts to pass partisan legislation (which most items on his "wish" list undeniably are) are for show and doomed to failure. The only reason Boehner was able to pass a budget is because the GOP wanted to be able to blame it on Boehner who was leaving when their voters got angry. You guys arent fooling anyone. So forget about partisan sideshows until you have the power to actually achieve it and do something productive with all that taxpayer money you get paid.

My my what an ignorant post. And I do mean ignorant in the true sense of the word. You really need to get up to speed on how hard Congress has been working.

Public laws
Public law number
(Linked to Wikisource) Date of enactment Official short title Description Link to Legislink.org
114-1 January 12, 2015 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 To extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–1
114-2 February 12, 2015 Clay Hunt SAV Act To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–2
114-3 February 27, 2015 Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Pub.L. 114–3
114-4 March 4, 2015 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes Pub.L. 114–4
114-5 March 7, 2015 (No short title) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Pub.L. 114–5
114-6 March 20, 2015 Office of Compliance Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015 To make administrative and technical corrections to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Pub.L. 114–6
114-7 April 1, 2015 Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015 To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of the families of New York Police Department Detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–7
114-8 April 7, 2015 (No short title) To designate the Federal building located at 2030 Southwest 145th Avenue in Miramar, Florida, as the "Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building". Pub.L. 114–8
114-9 April 7, 2015 (No short title) Providing for the reappointment of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Pub.L. 114–9
114-10 April 16, 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–10
114-11 April 30, 2015 Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 To promote energy efficiency. Pub.L. 114–11
114-12 May 19, 2015 Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 To encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, is missing in connection with the officer's official duties, or an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer is received, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–12
114-13 May 19, 2015 (No short title) To clarify the effective date of certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–13
114-14 May 22, 2015 Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income purposes. Pub.L. 114–14
114-15 May 22, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 820 Elmwood Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, as the "Sister Ann Keefe Post Office". Pub.L. 114–15
114-16 May 22, 2015 (No short title) To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry". Pub.L. 114–16
114-17 May 22, 2015 Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 To provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–17
114-18 May 22, 2015 WIOA Technical Amendments Act To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the Act. Pub.L. 114–18
114-19 May 22, 2015 Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act To extend the authorization for the replacement of the existing Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, to make certain improvements in the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–19
114-20 May 29, 2015 (No short title) To designate the United States courthouse located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the "Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse". Pub.L. 114–20
114-21 May 29, 2015 Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–21
114-22 May 29, 2015 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. Pub.L. 114–22
114-23 June 2, 2015 USA Freedom Act: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 To reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–23
114-24 June 12, 2015 Girls Count Act of 2015 A bill to authorize the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls in developing countries, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–24
114-25 June 15, 2015 (No short title) A bill to extend the authorization to carry out the replacement of the existing medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver, Colorado, to authorize transfers of amounts to carry out the replacement of such medical center, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–25
114-26 June 29, 2015 Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–26
114-27 June 29, 2015 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–27
114-28 July 6, 2015 (No short title) To revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–28
114-29 July 6, 2015 Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security to take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among the components of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–29
114-30 July 6, 2015 Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–30
114-31 July 20, 2015 Veterans Identification Card Act 2015 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans Pub.L. 114–31
114-32 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7050 Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the "Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Office" Pub.L. 114–32
114-33 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Paloma Drive in Floresville, Texas, as the "Floresville Veterans Post Office Building" Pub.L. 114–33
114-34 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Mulford Road in Mulberry, Florida, as the "Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office" Pub.L. 114–34
114-35 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in Bronx, New York, as the "Herman Badillo Post Office Building". Pub.L. 114–35
114-36 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act Pub.L. 114–36
114-37 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in Chisholm, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office Building" Pub.L. 114–37
114-38 July 28, 2015 Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–38
114-39 July 30, 2015 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the limit on the length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program. Pub.L. 114–39
114-40 July 30, 2015 Steve Gleason Act of 2015 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and to remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program with respect to speech generating devices. Pub.L. 114–40
114-41 July 31, 2015 Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–41
114-42 August 6, 2015 Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals. Pub.L. 114–42
114-43 August 6, 2015 DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015 To reduce duplication of information technology at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes Pub.L. 114–43
114-44 August 6, 2015 Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015 To improve and reauthorize provisions relating to the application of the antitrust laws to the award of need-based educational aid. Pub.L. 114–44
114-45 August 7, 2015 Drinking Water Protection Act To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking water, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–45

Rest at link:

List of acts of the 114th United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[mudwhistle]

Why do the GOP speakers pretend they don't know they aren't going to be able to pass anything meaningful until at least 2017? We are all aware (well everyone except hardline voters who apparently believe everything their politicians tell them and don't understand basic high-school civics) that the GOP doesn't have the votes to overcome a Senate filibuster let alone a Obama Veto. We fully realize that any attempts to pass partisan legislation (which most items on his "wish" list undeniably are) are for show and doomed to failure. The only reason Boehner was able to pass a budget is because the GOP wanted to be able to blame it on Boehner who was leaving when their voters got angry. You guys arent fooling anyone. So forget about partisan sideshows until you have the power to actually achieve it and do something productive with all that taxpayer money you get paid.

Democrats are like Hillary, who think that Republicans are their worst enemies.

So, Democrats should be treated like Russian spies. Anyone who has any association with Democrats should be kicked out of the GOP. Anyone who has a habit of golfing with them, or having coffee with them, should be watched.

Democrats are spies in our midst. They cannot be trusted to do what is good for the country because they are always thinking party first.

What are Democrat policies designed to do?

Create Democrat voters.

They can't do it with their ideas. Their ideas are designed to punish one group in favor of another group. Usually a smaller group is favored over the majority. And when you do that you assure that you'll lose elections. So what do they do? They try to either change the group you belong to, or they just bring in more of the smaller group to decrease your majority. Thus explains why Democrats are begging for Syrian, Guatemalan, El Salvadorian, and Asian refugees in their states. They're monkeying with the demographics in their states and districts. They think they can get some of these new people registered. At the very least, they can pack their states with foreigners and tilt the electoral college in their favor down the road.

The Democratic Party is corrupt and is undermining this country's sovereignty.

 

[NightFox]

Really Wish the GOP would stop Pretending they can pass anything meaningful....

IMHO the only thing really "meaningful" that could come out of Washington would be the repeal of some (or all) of the umpteen laws that violate the Constitution and the liberty of the American People, so I guess the GOP *might* be able to offer up the next best thing, NO new laws or even better shut the damn thing down until we can find some people with enough common sense and integrity to remake the corrupt, self serving system in Washington into something resembling a servant of the people.

Of course I have little faith in the GOP's ability to do even that much.

"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is "needed" before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can." -- Barry Goldwater

 

[Stephanie]

Why do the GOP speakers pretend they don't know they aren't going to be able to pass anything meaningful until at least 2017? We are all aware (well everyone except hardline voters who apparently believe everything their politicians tell them and don't understand basic high-school civics) that the GOP doesn't have the votes to overcome a Senate filibuster let alone a Obama Veto. We fully realize that any attempts to pass partisan legislation (which most items on his "wish" list undeniably are) are for show and doomed to failure. The only reason Boehner was able to pass a budget is because the GOP wanted to be able to blame it on Boehner who was leaving when their voters got angry. You guys arent fooling anyone. So forget about partisan sideshows until you have the power to actually achieve it and do something productive with all that taxpayer money you get paid.

My my what an ignorant post. And I do mean ignorant in the true sense of the word. You really need to get up to speed on how hard Congress has been working.

Public laws
Public law number
(Linked to Wikisource) Date of enactment Official short title Description Link to Legislink.org
114-1 January 12, 2015 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 To extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–1
114-2 February 12, 2015 Clay Hunt SAV Act To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–2
114-3 February 27, 2015 Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Pub.L. 114–3
114-4 March 4, 2015 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes Pub.L. 114–4
114-5 March 7, 2015 (No short title) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Pub.L. 114–5
114-6 March 20, 2015 Office of Compliance Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015 To make administrative and technical corrections to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Pub.L. 114–6
114-7 April 1, 2015 Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015 To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of the families of New York Police Department Detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–7
114-8 April 7, 2015 (No short title) To designate the Federal building located at 2030 Southwest 145th Avenue in Miramar, Florida, as the "Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building". Pub.L. 114–8
114-9 April 7, 2015 (No short title) Providing for the reappointment of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Pub.L. 114–9
114-10 April 16, 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–10
114-11 April 30, 2015 Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 To promote energy efficiency. Pub.L. 114–11
114-12 May 19, 2015 Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 To encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, is missing in connection with the officer's official duties, or an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer is received, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–12
114-13 May 19, 2015 (No short title) To clarify the effective date of certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–13
114-14 May 22, 2015 Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income purposes. Pub.L. 114–14
114-15 May 22, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 820 Elmwood Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, as the "Sister Ann Keefe Post Office". Pub.L. 114–15
114-16 May 22, 2015 (No short title) To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry". Pub.L. 114–16
114-17 May 22, 2015 Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 To provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–17
114-18 May 22, 2015 WIOA Technical Amendments Act To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the Act. Pub.L. 114–18
114-19 May 22, 2015 Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act To extend the authorization for the replacement of the existing Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, to make certain improvements in the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–19
114-20 May 29, 2015 (No short title) To designate the United States courthouse located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the "Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse". Pub.L. 114–20
114-21 May 29, 2015 Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–21
114-22 May 29, 2015 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. Pub.L. 114–22
114-23 June 2, 2015 USA Freedom Act: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 To reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–23
114-24 June 12, 2015 Girls Count Act of 2015 A bill to authorize the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls in developing countries, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–24
114-25 June 15, 2015 (No short title) A bill to extend the authorization to carry out the replacement of the existing medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver, Colorado, to authorize transfers of amounts to carry out the replacement of such medical center, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–25
114-26 June 29, 2015 Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–26
114-27 June 29, 2015 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–27
114-28 July 6, 2015 (No short title) To revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–28
114-29 July 6, 2015 Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security to take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among the components of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–29
114-30 July 6, 2015 Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–30
114-31 July 20, 2015 Veterans Identification Card Act 2015 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans Pub.L. 114–31
114-32 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7050 Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the "Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Office" Pub.L. 114–32
114-33 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Paloma Drive in Floresville, Texas, as the "Floresville Veterans Post Office Building" Pub.L. 114–33
114-34 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Mulford Road in Mulberry, Florida, as the "Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office" Pub.L. 114–34
114-35 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in Bronx, New York, as the "Herman Badillo Post Office Building". Pub.L. 114–35
114-36 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act Pub.L. 114–36
114-37 July 20, 2015 (No short title) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in Chisholm, Minnesota, as the "James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office Building" Pub.L. 114–37
114-38 July 28, 2015 Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–38
114-39 July 30, 2015 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the limit on the length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program. Pub.L. 114–39
114-40 July 30, 2015 Steve Gleason Act of 2015 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and to remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program with respect to speech generating devices. Pub.L. 114–40
114-41 July 31, 2015 Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–41
114-42 August 6, 2015 Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals. Pub.L. 114–42
114-43 August 6, 2015 DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of 2015 To reduce duplication of information technology at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes Pub.L. 114–43
114-44 August 6, 2015 Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015 To improve and reauthorize provisions relating to the application of the antitrust laws to the award of need-based educational aid. Pub.L. 114–44
114-45 August 7, 2015 Drinking Water Protection Act To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking water, and for other purposes. Pub.L. 114–45

Rest at link:

List of acts of the 114th United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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thank you, I just shake my head

 

[mudwhistle]

Really Wish the GOP would stop Pretending they can pass anything meaningful....

IMHO the only thing really "meaningful" that could come out of Washington would be the repeal of some (or all) of the umpteen laws that violate the Constitution and the liberty of the American People, so I guess the GOP *might* be able to offer up the next best thing, NO new laws or even better shut the damn thing down until we can find some people with enough common sense and integrity to remake the corrupt, self serving system in Washington into something resembling a servant of the people.

Of course I have little faith in the GOP's ability to do even that much.

"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is "needed" before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can." -- Barry Goldwater

This has nothing to do with the GOP's ability to get things done because the president isn't about to do anything but raise taxes and increase spending.

He isn't going to do anything that is good for this country as a whole. He has groups that donated millions to the Democrat Party, and their wants and desires come first.

 

[NightFox]

This has nothing to do with the GOP's ability to get things done because the president isn't about to do anything but raise taxes and increase spending.

He isn't going to do anything that is good for this country as a whole. He has groups that donated millions to the Democrat Party, and their wants and desires come first.

Uh-uh and instead of using their control of both houses of Congress to block President Blow Other People Money's desire to hasten along our national financial ruin the boys and girls in the GOP just went along with him on new spending and breaking even the meager caps imposed by "sequestration", as a group they're not even competent obstructionists let alone anything that resembles fiscally conservative.

 

[Wildman]

what kind of light bulbs we should use,

that has already been done my dear lady, around 60 years ago the minority liberscum started their whine, e.g. no spanking children. we now have been overcome with liberscum who are bent on destroying our once great country. every time a liberfool whines about something a sympathetic Conservative gives in to these crybabies.., that is why we have qweers suing bakeries for not baking them a cake.

 

[Stephanie]

what kind of light bulbs we should use,

that has already been done my dear lady, around 60 years ago the minority liberscum started their whine, e.g. no spanking children. we now have been overcome with liberscum who are bent on destroying our once great country. every time a liberfool whines about something a sympathetic Conservative gives in to these crybabies.., that is why we have qweers suing bakeries for not baking them a cake.

I know that. have you seen the price of a regular old light bulb lately?
I ran across this: so maybe they'll pass a law next on how we can't use Pumpkins for decoration because it hurts Mother earth. I sometimes wonder if these people are "real" Citizens of our country who post this kind of thread.

SNIP:
Oh Brother… Department of Energy Claims Halloween Pumpkins CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING

Jim Hoft Nov 1st, 2015 8:49 am 31 Comments

Guest post by Aleister

Progressives won’t be happy until they’ve sucked absolutely all the fun out of Halloween. The Department of Energy is now claiming Halloween pumpkins cause global warming.

Mediaite reported:

Department of Energy: Halloween Pumpkins Contribute to Global Warming

A Department on Energy blog post Tuesday warned consumers that the practice of buying pumpkins for Halloween could imperil the environment by contributing to global warming.

“With the passing of Halloween, millions of pounds of pumpkins have turned from seasonal decorations to trash destined for landfills, adding to more than 254 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) produced in the United States every year,” they write.

“At landfills, MSW decomposes and eventually turns into methane—a harmful greenhouse gas that plays a part in climate change, with more than 20 times the warming effect of carbon dioxide (CO2),” the DoE continues.

Aren’t progressives (in our Government passing out Meaningless regulations and laws on us) fun people?

(Image:Source)

from
Oh Brother... Department of Energy Claims Halloween Pumpkins CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING - The Gateway Pundit

 

[Timmy]

Soooo the GOP won't even try because there's the possibility of a filibuster ?

What a crock of shit ! They had no problem VOTING like 40x to repeal obamacare when they didn't even have control of congress . Now they do have control and magically they give up the fight !?

Truth is the GOP likes hanging back and doing nothing so they can blame the prez if anything goes wrong .

 

[NightFox]

Truth is the GOP likes hanging back and doing nothing so they can blame the prez if anything goes wrong .

Pretty much what the Democrats did under Bush when they gained control of congress, IMHO it's a sickening situation that the only thing either party can accomplish is making things worse on the bright side both parties have honed their expertise at rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

 

[bedowin62]

Why do the GOP speakers pretend they don't know they aren't going to be able to pass anything meaningful until at least 2017? We are all aware (well everyone except hardline voters who apparently believe everything their politicians tell them and don't understand basic high-school civics) that the GOP doesn't have the votes to overcome a Senate filibuster let alone a Obama Veto. We fully realize that any attempts to pass partisan legislation (which most items on his "wish" list undeniably are) are for show and doomed to failure. The only reason Boehner was able to pass a budget is because the GOP wanted to be able to blame it on Boehner who was leaving when their voters got angry. You guys arent fooling anyone. So forget about partisan sideshows until you have the power to actually achieve it and do something productive with all that taxpayer money you get paid.

YAWN

is this one of those friendly fire posts? an other idiot who thinks spewing hartred at republicans is going to solve anything??

 

[bedowin62]

Soooo the GOP won't even try because there's the possibility of a filibuster ?

What a crock of shit ! They had no problem VOTING like 40x to repeal obamacare when they didn't even have control of congress . Now they do have control and magically they give up the fight !?

Truth is the GOP likes hanging back and doing nothing so they can blame the prez if anything goes wrong .

ur right nutcase; everybody knows NOTHING can ever actually BE obama's fault

 

[mudwhistle]

This has nothing to do with the GOP's ability to get things done because the president isn't about to do anything but raise taxes and increase spending.

He isn't going to do anything that is good for this country as a whole. He has groups that donated millions to the Democrat Party, and their wants and desires come first.

Uh-uh and instead of using their control of both houses of Congress to block President Blow Other People Money's desire to hasten along our national financial ruin the boys and girls in the GOP just went along with him on new spending and breaking even the meager caps imposed by "sequestration", as a group they're not even competent obstructionists let alone anything that resembles fiscally conservative.

I think they're trying to remove being obstructionist from Democrat talking-points.

I don't think it'll work because the media still lies for Democrats.

The truth will be covered over.

The truth is, Obama is an obstructionist president. Nothing good gets done if he can help it.

 

[Stephanie]

Soooo the GOP won't even try because there's the possibility of a filibuster ?

What a crock of shit ! They had no problem VOTING like 40x to repeal obamacare when they didn't even have control of congress . Now they do have control and magically they give up the fight !?

Truth is the GOP likes hanging back and doing nothing so they can blame the prez if anything goes wrong .

How about all of you worried about them passing things just go out and make your own lives? then you won't have to worry about them sitting up there passing BS bills and laws on us because they have Nothing better to do.

 

[Timmy]

This has nothing to do with the GOP's ability to get things done because the president isn't about to do anything but raise taxes and increase spending.

He isn't going to do anything that is good for this country as a whole. He has groups that donated millions to the Democrat Party, and their wants and desires come first.

Uh-uh and instead of using their control of both houses of Congress to block President Blow Other People Money's desire to hasten along our national financial ruin the boys and girls in the GOP just went along with him on new spending and breaking even the meager caps imposed by "sequestration", as a group they're not even competent obstructionists let alone anything that resembles fiscally conservative.

I think they're trying to remove being obstructionist from Democrat talking-points.

I don't think it'll work because the media still lies for Democrats.

The truth will be covered over.

The truth is, Obama is an obstructionist president. Nothing good gets done if he can help it.

I think is clear that the GOP are the obstructionists . They can't even get their own caucus under control, but it's the prez who won't play ball!?? Lol!

 

[Stephanie]

Soooo the GOP won't even try because there's the possibility of a filibuster ?

What a crock of shit ! They had no problem VOTING like 40x to repeal obamacare when they didn't even have control of congress . Now they do have control and magically they give up the fight !?

Truth is the GOP likes hanging back and doing nothing so they can blame the prez if anything goes wrong .

ur right nutcase; everybody knows NOTHING can ever actually BE obama's fault

it's not Obama, it's the Prez.

and of course, how can anything in seven whole years of his Reign of terror over us be, the Prezs FAULT. We should all know by now, it's still Bush's and the Gops fault.

 

[mudwhistle]

This has nothing to do with the GOP's ability to get things done because the president isn't about to do anything but raise taxes and increase spending.

He isn't going to do anything that is good for this country as a whole. He has groups that donated millions to the Democrat Party, and their wants and desires come first.

Uh-uh and instead of using their control of both houses of Congress to block President Blow Other People Money's desire to hasten along our national financial ruin the boys and girls in the GOP just went along with him on new spending and breaking even the meager caps imposed by "sequestration", as a group they're not even competent obstructionists let alone anything that resembles fiscally conservative.

I think they're trying to remove being obstructionist from Democrat talking-points.

I don't think it'll work because the media still lies for Democrats.

The truth will be covered over.

The truth is, Obama is an obstructionist president. Nothing good gets done if he can help it.

I think is clear that the GOP are the obstructionists . They can't even get their own caucus under control, but it's the prez who won't play ball!?? Lol!

That is extremely illogical.

They are of singular mind to be all-in obstructing the president, and yet they can't seem to get a majority to do it. All of the Dems voted for that budget with 18 establishment Republicans riding coat-tails.

On the other hand the treat of a veto is enough to stop anything the Republicans do. He vetoed their first Defense budget a week or so ago because it had a rider in it defunding planned parenthood.

 

[Timmy]

Obama has very low veto numbers . And so what? Every prez can veto . Make him do it , then he has to take the blame . Don't be such wusses .

Truth is today's GOP doesn't give a crap about the budget . Even in the debates they just talk about spending more and tax cuts .