On-Topic Boehner tries to pass the buck on the least productive Congress, ever

[Jack Springer]

How many of them weren't ridiculous? This is all public information, feel free to post examples here.

The Senate was not productive either. Period.

 

[Alnitak]

The Senate was not productive either. Period.

The House does not have the filibuster.

 

[JayHawk]

Problem is -- the bad feeling over ACA roll-out will not translate into rewriting history. Boehner once again demonstrates he is tone deaf to anyone but the Rush Limbaugh-ite extremist of his party.

 

[Rolyo85]

The Senate was not productive either. Period.

The senate was filibustered into a grinding halt. And "yours did it too" is a lame cop out.

 

[Kulindahr]

You cannot lose a war that you haven't started.

The war, as you indicated in post #6, has already begun.

 

[Kulindahr]

How many bills that the House has sent to the Senate has Harry 'magic underwear' Reid brought up for a vote?

All of them that weren't jokes.

Unlike Boehner, who brings bills to the floor only when he likes them, whether they have a chance or not, Reid doesn't waste time bringing up legislation that isn't going anywhere.

In addition... at least Reid isn't a traitor to the people who support him.

 

[Kulindahr]

The Senate was not productive either. Period.

For the same reason the House wasn't: the GOP.

 

[rareboy]

“As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.”

– Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (December 8, 2004)

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

How did that work out for Rumsfeld again??????

It wasn't until the US had to mount a 'surge' that the tide turned. That is what is needed in the government structure in the US. Something that totally changes the rules of the game in order to get the country working again. Will it happen? Not a chance. The plutocrats and multi-nationals that now own every politician in both parties have no incentive to seeing this occur.

 

[Benvolio]

Liberals judge the government by the number of new laws produced. How far you have degraded from Jefferson: "That government is best which governs least."

 

[kallipolis]

Liberals judge the government by the number of new laws produced. How far you have degraded from Jefferson: "That government is best which governs least."

Or, in the case of the current Republican Congressional degraders' - better, no government, than one that won't do our bidding.

 

[Jack Springer]

For the same reason the House wasn't: the GOP.

Honestly? Nothing happens (or doesn't happen) without the direction of Harry Reid.

More kudos' to your conversion to liberalism.

 

[Benvolio]

Or, in the case of the current Republican Congressional degraders' - better, no government, than one that won't do our bidding.

Who is the "our" to whom you refer? The Greeks? Polls show that Americans do not want Obama care.

 

[kallipolis]

Who is the "our" to whom you refer? The Greeks? Polls show that Americans do not want Obama care.

Really? Do cite your references.... please.

It is my understanding that "Obamacare" has been legislated into law....correct me, if my assumption is incorrect.

 

[Rolyo85]

Liberals judge the government by the number of new laws produced. How far you have degraded from Jefferson: "That government is best which governs least."

Empty words when the country is suffering so much that it barely functions.

 

[Benvolio]

Really? Do cite your references.... please.

It is my understanding that "Obamacare" has been legislated into law....correct me, if my assumption is incorrect.

But it was not "our bidding". "Our" being the American people.

 

[kallipolis]

But it was not "our bidding". "Our" being the American people.

The Congress of the United States is elected by the people of the United States...therefore, it follows that laws legislated by The Congress are at the bidding of the people of the United States.

It is my understanding that referenda, and opinion polls are not the modus operandi for governance in the United States.

 

[Benvolio]

The Congress of the United States is elected by the people of the United States...therefore, it follows that laws legislated by The Congress are at the bidding of the people of the United States.

It is my understanding that referenda, and opinion polls are not the modus operandi for governance in the United States.

The House Republicans were elected on a promise to repeal or block Obama care.

 

[Alnitak]

The House Republicans were elected on a promise to repeal or block Obama care.

They weren't actually. House republicans lost the vote by nearly a million. Gerrymandering is why Boehner is speaker.

 

[kallipolis]

The House Republicans were elected on a promise to repeal or block Obama care.

That's news to me....would you care to support this assertion with a citation....

 

[Kulindahr]

Honestly? Nothing happens (or doesn't happen) without the direction of Harry Reid.

More kudos' to your conversion to liberalism.

You mean Harry told the Republicans to use the filibuster over a hundred times?