Congressional Democrats approach the Memorial Day recess without a single piece of major legislation that they campaigned on signed into law. Few have been sent to the president at all. And in the last week before the holiday, House Democrats have voted to block a reprimand of John Murtha for threatening another Member in violation of House rules, and ignored a report that the Intelligence Committee violated earmark rules to the benefit of Murtha. And the scary thing is, that may be the GOOD news for House Democrats this week.
That's because besides disappointing their base by finally conceding to fund the Iraq war, it appears that House Democrats may delay action on ethics reform legislation (already pretty weak) indefinitely:
A Democratic House aide confirmed leadership discussions about whether to postpone votes on the reform package until after the upcoming weeklong break. The aide said a fluid situation made it difficult to determine exactly when, if at all, leaders would pull the plug on action this week.
House Democrats already are playing defense on the ethics front this week. Republicans have charged Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) with violating House rules for threatening another lawmaker’s earmarks. A GOP motion to reprimand him was tabled Tuesday evening on a largely party-line vote...
Boyd said objections to the measure aren’t contained to a couple of corners of the caucus. Instead, he said, Members from different backgrounds who share long histories of honest service under existing rules are raising hackles. To say leaders have their work cut for them, he said, “would be an understatement...”
Outside reform groups said they are ready to ring the alarm if lawmakers leave town without wrapping work on the package. “If this gets dragged past Memorial Day, we’re in a world of hurt,” said Meredith McGehee of the Campaign Legal Center.
She framed a stark choice for House Democrats. “My question to them if they’re unhappy with the current bill is, ‘Do you think you’ll be happier in the minority?’”
For their ethical shortcomings, Democrats have been criticized by the Los Angeles Times and New York Times, and apart from being unable to adopt and apply new ethics rules, Democrats are being hit -- by CNN -- for the lavish junkets that they are now taking with taxpayer money:
If the Memorial Day recess is an appropriate time to judge the effectiveness of the new Congress, Democrats cannot be pleased with how they're likely to be judged.
posted on May 25, 2007 11:16:02 AM new
And the biggest accomplishment from the Republicans after SIX years in office has been........?
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 25, 2007 11:35:50 AM new
I think that was a big part of why 'waco' left, desquirrel. He was embarassed at just how little the dems/libs actually HAVE accomplished.
And now, with their giving in to President Bush on the 'no withdrawal limits' he probably IS ready to slit his throat or theirs.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 25, 2007 12:03:58 PM new
More evil thoughts from the board gossipmongers who wish harm on those who don't agree with them.
Glad to see Bigpeepa affected your lives so deeply while he was here that you are still imagining ways he should be gone from the face of the earth. Dissent does not sit well with neocon facist minds.
posted on May 25, 2007 12:10:54 PM new
Does it surprise you Kiara that the two boneheads above continue to bash peepa but neither one of them has yet to list an accomplishment from the Bush administration in the past 6 years.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 25, 2007 12:26:55 PM new
No, it doesn't surprise me, Logansdad.
Constant bitterness festers in the minds and souls of those disturbed by the free speech of others, especially if it is voiced as non-approval of Bush and his policies.
It's as if they have decided one man has the only solution to all the problems in the world and they are totally dedicated to him.
posted on May 25, 2007 12:32:34 PM new
More of kiaras ASSUMPTIONS and twisting of things NEVER stated here.
Sara Bernhardt at it again. LOL
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 25, 2007 12:46:28 PM new
Two more posts and neither of one them can name an accomplishment from Bush IN OVER SIX YEARS OF BEING IN OFFICE.
You would think the list would be long and memorable. Come on, between the two of you, you should be able to name ONE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 25, 2007 12:55:42 PM new
Linda_K
posted on May 25, 2007 12:32:34 PM
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More of kiaras ASSUMPTIONS and twisting of things NEVER stated here.
Sara Bernhardt at it again. LOL
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
desquirrel
posted on May 25, 2007 12:40:23 PM
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So far the only thing discernible is my amazement as to how anyone could be so stupid.
The amazement diminishes. There's lots of them.
Who's feeling brave?? Can we start up the "Logan's predictions"?? Kiara's???
If we are so dumb, how come Peepa was 0 for 300 and I'm what? 20 for 20???""""
Just more proof that they have NO answer, NO defense.
Isn't it easy to bash somone who isn't here anymore....does it take a lot of courage ???
No, they're just as yellow-bellied as their monarch, bushit.
posted on May 25, 2007 01:04:25 PM new
I guess Ms. Google pants can not even google some accomplishments from Bush's past six years.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 25, 2007 01:07:45 PM new
"The amazement diminishes. There's lots of them."
And THAT is the MOST scary part to me.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
[ edited by Linda_K on May 25, 2007 01:09 PM ]
posted on May 25, 2007 01:27:03 PM new
Funny, neither one of them can name ONE of Bush's ACCOMPLISHMENTS. But yet they knock the Dems for doing nothing in 6 months when Bush hasn't achieved anything in 6 YEARS.
Typical bunch of hypocrites.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 25, 2007 01:31:35 PM new
Desquirrel, I hope your thinking is not as muddled and obscure as your comments here. What in the hell are you talking about other than a need to call someone stupid.
Your writing is just as weak and ineffectual as your effort to defame a poster who is no longer here to defend himself.
posted on May 25, 2007 01:47:28 PM new
Speaking of ethic FAILURES under the dem congress....who also PROMISED to clean things up.....we have this .
Any sen. byrd said the reason these bills for how to spend taxpayer dollars should be KEPT SECRET from those same taxpayers....is because it would only increase the demand for more. LOL
So...the liberals chose to KEEP THEM SECRET.
Want to see just a FEW ways your tax dollars will continue being WASTED under the new, supposedly 'we'll clean up the mess' liberals....lol
Here's just one clue:
Secret spending of tax money
Despite 'reform,'tax dollars are still spent on secret earmarks even Congress members can't find. CNN's Drew Griffin reports. (May 25)
Welcome to the new 'ethical' liberals and what they're covering up from the taxpayers. tsk tsk tsk
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
[ edited by Linda_K on May 25, 2007 01:50 PM ]
posted on May 25, 2007 02:00:04 PM new
Helen, I know you consider yourself as brimming with cleverness, but the "wounded intelligentsia" affectation is boring. It is quite easy to classify someone as stupid.
When a subject includes engineering, math, etc, most of your little crew longs for a time when wishful thinking could change a fact.
Say a conspiracy nut says "Oswald could not have fired his weapon 3 times in the time alloted". In 1964 CBS news had someone file the SAME rifle in LESS time. In 2006, a 80+ firearms instructor fired the SAME weapon with time to spare. Yet the conspiracy nut still chants the same old crap. Why?? Because he is S T U P I D.
When you talk about stamping out militant Islam and the clown posse says "How 'bout those Crusades", that is S T U P I D.
Logan chirping about "accomplishments" so that he can reply "no it's not, no it's not" to anything you post which deviates from his emissions is S T U P I D.
I see Iran is acting up again. Even threatening Israel directly (nobody ever said this Muslim was too bright). I guess I'm 21 for 21 now, notwithstanding that crazy Bush saying bad things about them.
posted on May 25, 2007 02:03:41 PM new
Boy.....CNN is on a ROLL....pointing out all the different ETHIC violations THE DEMS WERE going to change IF IF IF they were elected.
LOL
So, again, the hopeful voters, who actually believed the LYING dem party, are now seeing that they AREN'T changing a THING.
Ethics???? What a joke.
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Lobbying restrictions
The House approves some limits on lobbyists. CNN's Andrea Koppel reports (May 25)
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
[ edited by Linda_K on May 25, 2007 02:10 PM ]
[ edited by Linda_K on May 25, 2007 02:18 PM ]
posted on May 25, 2007 02:18:18 PM new"The amazement diminishes. There's lots of them."
And THAT is the MOST scary part to me.
Scary as hell for you that there are lots that don't agree with you, Linda_K.
Scary as hell that they have the freedom to speak out, EH?
What a sniveling little helpless one, old and alone, mean and bitter and reduced to cowering at free speech on a chat board and projecting her suicidal tendencies on someone else - all because Bush is a failure as a leader.
posted on May 25, 2007 02:26:22 PM new
wrong again, sybil
Just pointing out the platform the liberals RAN on....and how they're NOT following their PROMISES ..IF IF IF they got elected.
LOL
Truth hurts you I KNOW that. Too bad.
The liberals made a TON of promises....and the voters BELIEVED them.
Now even the LA Times/cnn/etc are beginning to point out how the libs ARE NOT doing what they SAID they'd do.
No need to use right winged articles to point out the truth....the dems are beginning to EAT their own. LOL
Why? Because they REALLY believed they WOULD make these changes....and are now seeing they're NOT doing any such thing.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 25, 2007 02:33:18 PM new
And CONVENIENTLY forgets all about the REPUBLICAN ethics scandal with Tom Delay...
HE didn't like the ethics so he had them changed so he could do anything he damn pleased. OBVIOUSLY linduh has a bad case of
DOUBLE STANDARDS!
And , stupid, why do people get elected for 2- 4 years....because things can't be changed overnight. But this reminds me of how uneducated you are about how the government works.
I'd rather they did nothing than send the country down the shitter like bushit did
Do dems who were polled agree with what THEIR congress voted to do....[fund the troops without a withdrawal date]?
59% of the CNN poll said NO. lol lol
Remember that the next time you avid poll believers think what citizen dems want done vs what they're OWN party leaders are willing to do.
Appears to ME they don't CARE what those who voted them in office want done.
They're NOT going to do it. After all, they're already in power now. Their promises don't have to be fulfilled.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 25, 2007 03:41:53 PM new
"""Remember that the next time you avid poll believers think what citizen dems want done vs what they're OWN party leaders are willing to do.
Appears to ME they don't CARE what those who voted them in office want done.
They're NOT going to do it. After all, they're already in power now. Their promises don't have to be fulfilled."""
Same exact thing could be said of the Republicans and the bushits!
linduh you've always maintained that what the American people want should not influence bushit. WHY do you now feel the opposite about Democrats?
posted on May 25, 2007 04:07:51 PM new
Did anyone else see old progressive/socialist pelosi speaking to the cameras today? She spoke about how proud they were of their "accomplishments"
That cracked me up, especially after seeing this list of what they HAVE accomplished.
Notice all the 'name change' legislation SHE'S so proud of. LOL LOL LOL
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Friday, May 25, 2007
The Democrats' "Accomplishments"
Posted by: Matt Lewis at 10:23 AM
The House GOP Press office has put out a list of the Democrat's "Accomplishments."
Here's what the Democrats have gotten done in the last 5 months:
13 BILLS TO NAME FEDERAL PROPERTY & BUILD A ROAD
H.R. 49 - To name the “Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building”
H.R. 335 - To name the “Gale W. McGee Post Office”
H.R. 342 - To name the “Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse”
H.R. 433 - To name the “Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building”
H.R. 514 - To name the “Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office”
H.R. 521 - To name the “Lane Evans Post Office Building”
H.R. 544 - To name the “Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse”
H.R. 577 - To name the “Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building”
H.R. 584 - To name the “Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building”
H.R. 753 – To name the “Clifford Davis & Odell Horton Federal Building”
H.R. 1129 - To build and maintain a road in St. Louis County, Missouri
S.159 – To name the “Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area”
S. 521 – To name the “Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building & United States Courthouse & Customhouse”
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5 BILLS TO EXTEND PRE-EXISTING PUBLIC LAW OR PASSED LAST YEAR
H.R. 1132 - National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
Reauthorization Act
H.R. 1681 – American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act
S. 494 – NATO Freedom Consolidation Act
S. 1002 – Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act
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ROFLMHO .....I sure don't recognize ANY of the issues mentioned that were/are the MOST important to the dems. lol
Pretty pathetic list.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
