Today's Hot Topic: Criticizing Congress
Congressional Oversight: The Los Angeles Times criticizes the House for passing a less rigorous lobbying reform bill than the Senate last week, arguing that the bill doesn't do enough to regulate the revolving door between Capitol Hill and K Street and "AstroTurf," "phony 'grassroots' lobbying paid for by lobbying firms ... the WaPo argues that the voting reform bill proposed by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) is on the right track, but "the bill's provisions are overly prescriptive and in some cases impossible to implement in their current form" ... the WSJ criticizes U.S. lawmakers, especially "protectionist" members of Congress, for stoking a currency war with China, noting that that is no "way to run a global economy that is on the greatest spurt of growth in more than 35 years" ... the WaPo argues that the Senate should abolish the "anonymous hold," a move that allows senators to anonymously block legislation.
By Rob Anderson |
May 21, 2007; 9:21 AM ET
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Posted by: Andrew Horning | May 21, 2007 10:58 AM
I find the right wing apologists an abomination, the shading of their reporting subtily supporting the most heinous of un american behaviors, while labeling tragic, Wolfowitz and Bush, two of the biggest liars and twisters of fact that ever had the soap box. It's all inside out and upside down, and the fact that we as a nation have an invisible army, made up of felons and mercenaries, ready to enforce hallibuton law in any city in america, and having no regard for law or life. Hitler had the brown shirts, and they snuck up on the citizens and overnight there was chaos. It has been creeping in here! The Stock market is rising only because of the huge dollars spent on the war machine. The american infrastructure is crumbling and inflation of food and fuel is out of control, as another form of crowd control. So hold on folks and think for yourselves, because even these newspapers are comic strips
Posted by: | May 21, 2007 11:14 AM
How soon can we get rid of the current crop of rotten politicians? They are not serving the best interest of the citizens of this great country, and they most assuredly are not serving in the best interests of the United States of America.
Barry Noble
Posted by: Barry Noble | May 21, 2007 11:28 AM
The republicans have run both the House and Senate (not to mention Justice) for six years with vitually no oversight. The Democrats have a majority, barely by a hair in the Senate, so they are limited in what they can actually accomplish, esp. with this president who will veto any bill that the VP and his aides did not write. The very fact is they are opening up some of the actions that border on criminal, if not actually being unlawful. They have had this majority four months and have done more oversight than the past six years--they should be encouraged and appreciated for what they can do---it hasn't been easy. So let up on lumping both groups with all the criticism
Posted by: Elisabeth | May 21, 2007 12:10 PM
Hey Dems, have you ever heard of something called "FILLIBUSTER"? Or do you intend to stand idly by offering "non-binding" resolutions and avoiding calling for a pull-out of ALL of our troops from the Bush/Cheney war for oil in Iraq?
Posted by: U.S. Patriot | May 21, 2007 08:36 PM
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Nobody ever seems to mention that the approval ratings of Congress are even lower than for Bush...that's pretty bad.
We need to clean house.
We should fire our current crop of politicians in one sweep. Replace them with some of the bright, energetic, positive people you find working at Starbucks or sitting next to you in church.
Get Ron Paul as our President, who'll start with the Constitution as written, intended, and proven, and we'll all get a fresh start on Liberty and Justice for All at last.