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Democrats took control of the House in Jan 2019, to great jubilation and expectation. Not much really seems to have gotten done in nearly 8 months. Even the infrastructure deal, sought by both Trump and Pelosi, seems to have been still-born.
I did a search for '116th House accomplishments' and came up with virtually nothing.
They passed the 'Butch Lewis Act' (bi-partisan pension reform bill) in July. Sounds good. Govtrack gives it a 3% chance of actually getting signed into law.
Reagan was able to get things done with Speaker Tip O'Neil. Obama was able to get things done with Speaker John Boehner. As far as I can tell, the 116th Congress has done zip, zero, nada.
They did pass a bi-partisan bill to promote ex-US Army Captain Bob Dole to the rank of Colonel. Woo Hoo!
Now there is really about 1 year left to get anything done. After Labor Day 2020, it will be all about the elections. What do you think the priorities should be in the coming year?
What does it matter? They've sent 30 some bills to Mitch McConnell - who just hides them in a drawer. The Senate appears to be non-functioning at this point.
What does it matter? They've sent 30 some bills to Mitch McConnell - who just hides them in a drawer. The Senate appears to be non-functioning at this point.
How about work with him and send him something that is not DOA? It always takes two to tango.
No. Those bills should be voted on. Vote them down if that's what the majority wants but at least HAVE A VOTE.
There is no requirement in the constitution that they have a vote. If McConnell already knows that something isn't going to pass, why bother?
Why not meet beforehand and work things out? That's what Reagan/O'Neil did. That's what Obama/Boehner did. That's what Paul Ryan and Patty Murray (one of my sens) did with the budget.
No. Those bills should be voted on. Vote them down if that's what the majority wants but at least HAVE A VOTE.
The same fate happened to jobs bills passed by House Republicans that never saw the light of day in the Dem controlled Senate during the Obama days. In hindsight... probably cost the election for HRC.
They should do their damn jobs and work with the Pubs. Instead they are doing the polar opposite of what they were elected to do. Basically, they played three card monty on voters.
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