Boehner: Congress 'Ought To Be Judged On How Many Laws We Repeal'

[White Eagle]

When are his constituents gonna repeal him? This is the most consistent, inconsistent member of Congress in forever! I am truly surprised he has stayed in congress this long.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/21/boehner-congress-repeals_n_3631017.html

Boehner: Congress 'Ought To Be Judged On How Many Laws We Repeal'

07/21/13 08:37 AM ET EDT AP

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says Congress "ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal."

The Ohio Republican makes the comments on an interview aired Sunday on CBS "Face the Nation." He was responding to a question about how little Congress is doing these days.

Boehner says Congress "should not be judged by how many new laws we create."

 

[rareboy]

So. How many have they repealed?

 

[HenryReardon]

So. How many have they repealed?

Not nearly enough.

 

[chrisrobin]

So. How many have they repealed?

In eighth grade, I was taught that Congress makes laws. I was misinformed.

 

[Benvolio]

In eighth grade, I was taught that Congress makes laws. I was misinformed.

Congress has the power to make laws in certain delegated areas, and to make new laws repealing the old ones. That does not mean the should make all the laws they dream up.

 

[tigerfan482]

Well by using either standard they are still extremely lousy at their jobs.

 

[White Eagle]

In eighth grade, I was taught that Congress makes laws. I was misinformed.

Welcome to THIS world!

 

[White Eagle]

So. How many have they repealed?

Working on Obamacare, how many times now? 39 or 40?

 

[Rolyo85]

So they're inefficient even by their own made up standards?

 

[Orlandude]

Source: The Week
http://theweek.com/article/index/247300/americans-really-hate-congress

Americans Really Hate Congress
We’ve known for years that most Americans have grown tired of their representatives in Washington, D.C., but a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows their disaffection hitting new highs.

[Quoted Text: Truncated] © 2013 The Week Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

 

[Rolyo85]

Well, I think Republicans had their chance to do something good in Congress and failed. Brutally.

 

[CowboyBob]

Well, I think Republicans had their chance to do something good in Congress and failed. Brutally.

They're the most hated and despised congress in history. The republican-controlled congress has done nothing.

Their approval rating has dropped to a new low and their disapproval rating to a new high.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index....b_approval_for_congress_drops_to_new_low.html

Why is Boehner still the Weeper of the House? He's failed miserably.

 

[Benvolio]

The Republicans do not control Congress. The Senate and Presidential veto are Democrat,if you had not noticed.

 

[bike10]

This shows the lack of leadership in the Speaker to be leader and not divider.

 

[Stardreamer]

I've always had this idea that we should pass a constitutional amendment that EVERY law should have an automatic sunset provision that would require congress to renew it every so many years as a means to weed out bad laws.

 

[Benvolio]

I've always had this idea that we should pass a constitutional amendment that EVERY law should have an automatic sunset provision that would require congress to renew it every so many years as a means to weed out bad laws.

Good idea.

 

[cm98059]

I've always had this idea that we should pass a constitutional amendment that EVERY law should have an automatic sunset provision that would require congress to renew it every so many years as a means to weed out bad laws.

Good idea.

Yeah, this is a real good idea, NOT. You realize that a republican held house would have allowed Social Security to Expire. They would have allowed Medicare to expire. They would have allowed the Student Loan program to expire. Not to mention welfare, food stamps, interstate highway system, all corporate tax laws, And they would probably even be looking at ways to repeal elections. Nah, I don't think it is a good idea.

 

[Stardreamer]

Yeah, this is a real good idea, NOT. You realize that a republican held house would have allowed Social Security to Expire. They would have allowed Medicare to expire. They would have allowed the Student Loan program to expire. Not to mention welfare, food stamps, interstate highway system, all corporate tax laws, And they would probably even be looking at ways to repeal elections. Nah, I don't think it is a good idea.

Do you think that a Congress that let those things simply expire would have remained in power long? The concept itself came out of a sci-fi novel I had read years ago, the concept is that laws should be difficult to pass and easy to repeal, if a law is truly good and serves the people, it will be sustained; if not it is best gotten rid of quickly.

 

[bankside]

If he wants to repeal any laws, he should start with the rest of DOMA.

Let him be judged on that.

 

[CowboyBob]

George W Bush's "No Child Left Behind" act was one of the worst pieces of legislation regarding education. Also get rid of the Patriot Act. Those are a couple he scan start with.