Democrats boast of record at helm of House

CNN.com · 03-29-2007, 12:10 PM

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Sally Numor · 03-29-2007, 01:02 PM

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Democratic leaders point to increased productivity in the House of Representatives -- more than twice as many recorded votes (189) as Republicans held in recent years when they were in the majority; almost twice as many days in session (4

; and more than double the number of bills passed (24).

Those bills include measures to implement some of the outstanding recommendations of the 9/11 commission; impose new lobbying and ethics rules on lawmakers; cut interest rates on student loans; remove restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research; roll back subsidies and tax breaks for oil companies; and allow the government to negotiate lower drug prices for senior citizens.

However, Senate Democrats have only succeeded in pushing through three of these measures in slightly different versions, and none of them has become law.

Congressional observers say that's par for the course, given the different rules under which the Senate and House operate.

"The House, the way it's organized, the leadership can push through legislation very quickly. The Senate is a much more deliberative body," said Stuart Rothenberg, editor of the Rothenberg Political Report. "It was set up to stop things, to slow things down, and that's what the Senate is doing now."

When pressed about touting as achievements bills that have not passed, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, insisted Democrats had met their responsibility -- and suggested Republicans should stop gumming up the legislative machinery over on the Senate side of the Capitol.

"It is clear the American public supports what we've done and wants the Senate to follow suit," Hoyer said.

Well, the political party FOR the working Americans actually works!!! It's not a surprise to see how slackers for the American people the republicans were..they were busy on their junkets and having the wealthy tell them how to vote...LOL!!!

sgtdmski · 03-30-2007, 06:34 AM

Wow some work, 198 recorded votes, 24 bill passed, and no laws enacted. Hmmm. If you ask me, they are tooting their own horns yet have not accomplished anything. 100 days and nothing, that's right, NOT A THING to show for it. And this they are celebrating. It would seem that the party is not working.

Again, no laws have actually been enacted. In other words what has the Congress done???

dmk

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