Posted on 08/05/2007 3:44:30 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Frustrated Democrats head for summer break Aug 5 06:21 PM US/Eastern Democrats claimed power in Congress vowing to end the war in Iraq, but seven months on are frustrated at their inability to wrest control of national security policy from President George W. Bush.
They did however chalk up a string of domestic goals, raising the minimum wage, enshrined into law the recommendations of the commission into the September 11 attacks in 2001, passed an ethics bill, improved healthcare for children and passed energy reforms.
"These are issues that relate directly to the well-being of the American people ... they hit home," said Nancy Pelosi, Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives.
But Congress still leaves Washington for its summer break with public approval ratings lower than those of unpopular Bush.
"They managed to achieve an astonishing thing, which is to have the lowest approval ratings anyone can find for Congress in history and have done it in a record short period of time of about seven months," said Republican Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell.
Several recent opinion polls have shown Americans are not satisfied with lawmakers' performance, though Democrats say their own polling suggests that despite their leadership role, voters do not blame them specifically.
But frustration is growing for Democrats on Iraq, the single issue which more than any other powered their victory in last November's congressional election.
And after a showdown with the White House, Democrats also failed to thwart Bush's plans to extend a warrantless wiretap program, caving in to White House pressure.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Who is the whore that wrote this?
It must be frustrating to be singing the same old songs 37 years after they didn’t work the first time.........
“but seven months on are frustrated at their inability to wrest control of national security policy from President George W. Bush.”
Perhaps because that function is not yours and you have no right to wrest control of it.
Ha ha ha, you're killing me.
Lie.
Who is the whore that wrote this? LOL
They did however chalk up a string of domestic goals, raising the minimum wage, enshrined into law the recommendations of the commission into the September 11 attacks in 2001, passed an ethics bill, improved healthcare for children and passed energy reforms.
We must have all been sleeping when they did all this.
My very same thought!
While they are headed for summer break, we are checking the yard for things that will get lost when it snows. Today it is 60 max and the first frost could be this week. Could be below freezing for keeps in a month and three feet of snow that will still be there in May. Wouldn’t be the first time.
Nonsense completely. They passed pretend legislation to give the illusion they did something. The substance of what they passed is illusory
The Democrats should get a deserved break from office next year if the American voter has any spine left.
There, made it much more truthful.
“The well being of the American People”? All they did was raise our taxes and they are looking for more. They could accomplish all this by getting rid of the PORK.
Pelosi makes this claim, but it isn't true. One of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission was that when handing out Congressional committee chairs and assignments, the principal considerations should be experience, seniority and continuity; and that politics should take a back seat.
It makes perfect sense.
But even before she took office in January, Pelosi violated this pledge. If experience, seniority and continuity were to count for anything, Jane Harman should have been the chair of the Armed Services Committee. But Harman and Pelosi have had a personal feud from way, way back.
So Pelosi found somebody else. And the first of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations had been ignored for the sake of a Democrat's personal grudge.
The phrase "congitive dissonance" comes to mind.
“..passed an ethics bill..”
Is that like passing a kidney stone?
With the Dems/Congress approval hovering around 13-14%, they are getting close to the 3-4% margin of error... I’m sure Nancy and Harry are thankful that at least they can’t go below that!
“The Democrats should get a deserved break from office next year if the American voter has any spine left.”
Let’s give credit to those most responsible for putting these anti-American, defeat-loving, socialists in office...the pathetic “Independent” voters who gave this band of bozos the Congress in ‘06. Independents should have to answer for what has been going on in Washington, but they’ve been quiet as church mice since the Pelosi-Reid Show has bombed so spectacularly.
Thank you.
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