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It's time we get solutions and people in office that want to work on bettering the country and not play these fucking games at tax payers expense
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Pan...what outrages you so much about what this Congress has done (or not done) in its first 2 months?
I'll repeat them again - minimum wage legislation, rollbacks of tax breaks and subisdies to big oil companies and replacing it with new tax breaks for renewable energy sources, restoration of the Freedom of Information Act, restoration of habeas corpus and the rule of law regarding prisoner treatment, Congressional ethics reform, Medicare prescription drug reform (to require price negotiation by pharmaceutical companies), a new stem cell research bill, homeland security measures (enhanced rail and chemical/nuclear facility security, first responder communications interoperability), and just this week, a bi-partisan bill to make immediate improvements in the treatment of wounded vets returning from Iraq.
What more could they have done in such a short time? IMO, the only area in which they fallen short of the expectations of those who put them in office is with the Iraq war...a difficult issue where there is not consensus among the majority party on the best alternative to "stay the course and surge".
Your "ideal" Congress has never existed and shouting from your window wont make it happen, nor will screaming that we need to elect more "idealistic" politicians who act only on the best interest of the country (as defined by who?)..another impossible task.
I agree about the apathy of most Americans, but IMO, the best way to get more people involved is not with a blanket condemnation of all current politicians, but to focus on the issue(s) that touch the people around you directly..be it the war, the economy, social justice, And in a more rational way, explain why it is in their interest to become more active citizens.