Congress Winds Down, but Much Is Left Undone
By CARL HULSE
Published: September 25, 2006
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 — A Congress derided as do-nothing has a week to do something, and the prospects are cloudy.
Go to Election GuideMore Politics NewsProcrastination, power struggles and partisanship have left Congress with substantial work to finish before breaking for the elections. The fast-approaching recess and the Republican focus on national security legislation make it inevitable that much of the remainder will fall by the wayside.
At best, it appears that just 2 of the 11 required spending bills will pass, and not one has been approved so far, forcing a stopgap measure to keep the federal government open. No budget was enacted. A popular package of business and education tax credits is teetering. A lobbying overhaul, once a top priority in view of corruption scandals, is dead. The drive for broad immigration changes has derailed.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
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4 comments:
Looks like the Offmen don.t care either.
Yeah, seemingly so. I think Ill stop posting current issues.
don't you dare. this is way more interesting then the how to figure out where the storm is post, but I've been working....
this congress is mainly just trying to avoid getting tied into some sort of "un american" rhetoric. GWB will be more then happy to use his pull with the RNC to ruin a congressmen with his constituants if they don't play by his rules.
he may not have won the popular vote the first time, but he did the second, he had the voters blinded by the flag.
I agree with you 100% PJ. I think the whole 9/11 ordeal really made people blind to the real politics behind it. So many Americans were just plain scared...
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