Democrats’ Domestic Agenda Hits Gridlock

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Democrats’ Domestic Agenda Hits Gridlock

IMO anyone who favors "gridlock" must be extremely happy with the way the current situation in Washington is developing. The new Democratically controlled Congress has done little. I thought an increase in the minimum wage was a done deal after the November, 2006 elections. I was totally wrong about that. The Democrats seem to be a party comprised of many special interestes lacking a consistent message or vision on very many issues. You could probably say the same things about the Republicans but the Democrats were elected to change things and they've accomplished nothing except perhaps passing non binding resolutions. From the article:

However, that flurry of voting has produced only 26 public laws, 12 of which changed the name of a federal building, post office or national recreation area.

Others changed the makeup of the House Page Board (PL 110-2); reauthorized the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (PL 110-21); extended small-business programs (PL 110-4); and endorsed the expansion of NATO (PL 110-17).

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The Democrats are like 3 minor parties combined into one, so this doesnt suprise me. They have a razor thin majority in the Senate which hurts alot of what they do.

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The Democrats are like 3 minor parties combined into one, so this doesnt suprise me. They have a razor thin majority in the Senate which hurts alot of what they do.

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That basically is the excuse the Republicans offered. Even though the Republicans had 55 Senate seats from 2004-2006 they were complaining about not having 60 to overcome fillibusters. The criticism I've read from many Democrats in the Senate when they were in the minority was that Bush and the Republicans didn't govern from the center more or less i.e. Bush and the Republicans didn't make enough efforts to reach more bipartisan agreements. It works both ways.

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They have a razor to the throat of the free market which hurts all of us .



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You realize that every single politician benefits from gridlock (at least over the short term) regardless of party affiliation don't you?

[AzDesertRat]

I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] gridlock. Nothing too drastic ever gets done. I wish the Patriot Act had gone through it. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[bkholdem]

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I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] gridlock. Nothing too drastic ever gets done. I wish the Patriot Act had gone through it. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I get the joke but dude....have amazingly low standards much?

Either gridlock happens (which is incredibly wasteful and sucks for us) or negative stuff happens which is incredibly wasteful and sucks for us.

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I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] gridlock. Nothing too drastic ever gets done. I wish the Patriot Act had gone through it. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I get the joke but dude....have amazingly low standards much?

Either gridlock happens (which is incredibly wasteful and sucks for us) or negative stuff happens which is incredibly wasteful and sucks for us.

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Don't get me wrong--I would love to see meaningful legislation passed. However, each time a piece of legislation is passed, it has a way of adding billions of dollars in pork or adding more power to the federal government. I would like to see "common sense" legislation take place as opposed to bills coming out now which are dictated by special interest groups.

Now between doing nothing or very little and passing bad laws, I would like to see the former. Bad laws have a way of remaining on the books forever.

In society, I place the value of politicians somewhere between a pick pocket and a bank robber. Our forefathers never wanted to see professional politicians and the longer they remain in office, the less principled these politicians become. I may seem pessimistic, but they have done nothing yet to prove me wrong.

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You realize that every single politician benefits from gridlock (at least over the short term) regardless of party affiliation don't you?

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I'll readily concede that the rhetoric spewed by the Democrats in the wake of the 2006 elections about helping the people is baloney and getting elected is much more important to many politicians than "helping the people."

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You realize that every single politician benefits from gridlock (at least over the short term) regardless of party affiliation don't you?

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I'll readily concede that the rhetoric spewed by the Democrats in the wake of the 2006 elections about helping the people is baloney and getting elected is much more important to many politicians than "helping the people."

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What do you have to say about the comparison between baloney and the republicans 'contract with america'?