A Do-Something Congress |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 8:01 pm |
| Tags: democratic party, the senate, the house |
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The conventional wisdom is that the 110th Congress, which is getting close to its summer break, has been a let-down. Thanks to presidential vetoes and unprecedented Republican filibusters in the Senate, a Congress which had high expectations in January is ending July on a disappointing note. Now is probably a good time to push back against this meme. There have been setbacks, and were it not for GOP games we would have seen even more successes, but Dems are proving to be quite capable of running an effective majority. In their weaker moments, even Republicans are willing to acknowledge this. [Congressional Democrats have] had a pretty strong quarter, said Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.), who praised [the legislation expanding SCHIP] as creative and suggested the homeland security bill would pass overwhelmingly. The first quarter was not so good, and that's why they're not looking so good in the polls, but this quarter is looking very good for them. They can send their [ Full article ] |
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