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Do Nothing Congress

John Boehner's Do-Nothing Congress to Hold Another Pointless Vote to Repeal Obamacare

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics
Ethan Rome

Speaker Boehner said it himself -- the vote to repeal Obamacare is not about health care, it's about politics. It's also another day wasted doing nothing instead of something for our nation's seniors and for the middle class and those working their way into it.

Zach Carter

LAZY CONGRESS

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Public approval for Congress remains near an all-time low, but lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives aren't doing much about it...

The Congressional Deficit

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.23.2012 | Politics
Marian Wright Edelman

Congress in 2011 mostly ignored the 16.1 million poor children and the 7.3 million extremely poor children in need. We cannot leave millions of children without hope or a vision of a future worth striving for in our materially powerful but spiritually poor nation.

52 Reasons to Vote for Obama: #38, Balance Against Congress

Bernard Whitman | Posted 11.24.2012 | Politics
Bernard Whitman

The last time the Republicans had both houses of Congress and the presidency we got an irresponsible Congress that gave us huge tax cuts for the rich that we couldn't afford and an unfunded war we shouldn't have fought, setting us up for an economic catastrophe we didn't need.

Harry Truman Advises Obama in Charlotte: Reconvene Congress to Fix Fiscal Cliff

Victor Williams | Posted 09.04.2012 | Politics
Victor Williams

At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Harry Truman accepted his party's nomination with a bold speech condemning the "Do Nothing" Republican Congress. President Truman was substantive and specific.

Obama's Immigration Directive: What Republicans Would Do Next If the Situation Were Reversed

Paul Abrams | Posted 08.20.2012 | Politics
Paul Abrams

Now that everyone either favors the Dream Act, or critiques the president for not pushing it when it would have been demagogued to smithereens as it had been before, perhaps we can test whether the grand "Kumbaya" moment has arrived. Bring the Dream Act to a vote.

Dave Jamieson

Pelosi: Obama ‘Should Run Against This Do-Nothing Congress’

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Acknowledging how little the current Congress has done for Americans during the jobs crisis, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif...

Lost Provision Orders Do-nothing Congress Be Publicly Horsewhipped

Spencer Green | Posted 12.21.2011 | Comedy
Spencer Green

In a stunning discovery, scholars have uncovered a long-lost provision in the United States Constitution which demands that all future do-nothing Congresses be horsewhipped in a public setting.

Obama Rips Page From Former President's Playbook

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 12.07.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Give `em hell, Barry? Heading into a tough re-election campaign, President Barack Obama has been railing against Congress to pass ...

Friday Talking Points -- Ads Obama Should Run

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.16.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Obama should run a few ads right now which do not even mention the election. Instead of saying "vote for me!" these ads should say "pass my jobs bill" in as many creative ways as possible.

Obama Without Glamour

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Giles Slade

Obama needs a clear win on something very soon in order to re-energize Americans and refocus them for the difficult and varied tasks that lie ahead during the next three years.

A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.