Does the work done in the lame duck session give you optimism for the next Congress?
Posted at 5:00 AM on December 27, 2010
by Eric Ringham
(13 Comments)
Filed under: Politics/Government
President Obama says the flurry of legislation passed in the lame duck session of Congress proves that "we are not doomed to endless gridlock." Today's Question: Does the work done in the lame duck session give you optimism for the next Congress?
Comments (13)
Following the latest congressional cave-in to big money bribes and blackmail I can no longer underwrite either political party. My next action is to unregister from politics.
As long as the public continues supporting the lesser of two evils, congress will remain corrupt and useless. I urge others to decouple themselves from an organization which demeans fairness, representation, and this country.
Just reported on the cable news, the lame"lame duck" session just added one trillion dollars to the deficit. I sincerely hope here is no relationship between this session and the regular session to start after the first of the year.
Just reported on the cable news, the lame"lame duck" session just added one trillion dollars to the deficit. I sincerely hope here is no relationship between this session and the regular session to start after the first of the year.
What was done in the last minutes of congress this year was probably the best we will see in a long time.
The NEW congress headed to the hill only makes me worry the economy will sink. Its the same knuckle heads that caused the problem and their philosophy of trickle down that is fail that will sink this country deeper.
My best hope is everything they try to remove that has started this ship to return to the correct course is just countered...
I would hope there is not relationship between the lame duck session and the regular legislative session that will start this next year. I feel, as do many people, that the lame duck session was a poor display of a group of House Democrats that realized they had failed to pass any meaningful legislation that the electorate agreed with. Their only action was to ram through numerous bill that had little support among the bulk of the people as witnessed by the 60 plus congressmen that lost their seat and the 20 state houses that flipped to conservative, including Minnesota.
Optimism?
We won't have anymore Nancy Pelosi "We'll have to pass this bill so we can find out what's in it" bills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-05TLiiLU
Yes, but not much.
Nope. The moderates are mostly gone and the idealogues will rule and I'm afraid gridlock will also. Since many of the "teaparty republicans" ran on what they WON"T do when they get to Washington and many established Republicans just want to get rid of President Obama; I can't see where much, if anything, will get accomplished. It makes me sad because we have so many problems in need of real solutions.
Not really. Until the floor rules of the Senate are changed to eliminate the filibuster altogether, The Senate will continue to pontificate and fumble 25 years late on the issues in reactive mode. Republicans and many Democrats remain in desperate need of economic policy that doesn't leave us right where we are now.
Yes. Now that the Republicans are temporarily, at least, done with their obstructionist- power-play nonsense, perhaps they recognize that we common people are here expecting them to do something beneficial for the NATION.
It is encouraging to see them finally give the President a chance to establish a semblance of each party working with the other to GET THINGS DONE!
The lame duck session proved nothing other than everything has a price. Cost of freedom to serve openly for gays and lesbians? $700 billion in tax breaks for the wealthiest thousands. So if you're optimistic that we can afford another billion dollar tax break for the wealthy, hey, we might actually get more meaningful legislation out of the Republicans after all.
Not one iota. Hiram is correct. The new leadership in the House is focused on what they will do (or not do) after they reconvene with a majority in 2011.
The U.S. Senate is one of the few places on this planet where 59 out of 100 is still not considered a majority. The ability (and tradition) of allowing one solitary senator to hold up legislation, derail appointments, and perform other obstructionist tactics on a whim simply reinforces why many of us have such a dim view of Congress' ability to get work done.
President Obama has his work cut out for him over the next 18 months (or so).
I can't figure out how to craft a coherent sentence that includes both "optimism" and "Congress."
No, I think the best we can hope for the next two years if not ihe indefinite future is that the president is able to neutralize Congress' malign effect on American life.
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