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First time in history- President sued by House

iwannabeacowboy

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OT: "The house has to write the bills exactly the way the demwits want them written or it's not bipartisan, no matter how many republicans and democrats voted for it or had some say in its crafting."

I guess we really should just congratulate you on your ability to get on a computer and type words that are mostly spelled correct, expecting intelligent content from someone that has half of their remaining brain cells devoted to remembering to breath is too much.
 

Tam

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Oldtimer care to tell us just how many times you have heard Obama threaten to veto a House Republican bill only to have him turn around and implement the core of the bill through illegal executive orders a month later? According to what was reported today the border bill that the House just passed Friday was what Obama said he wanted before he went to have a little chat with his far left wingnuts, then he came out and threatened to veto that very bill. Tell us how in the hell do you negotiate a deal/bill when the goal post keeps moving?

And with Obama's history of failing to implement bills/law AS WRITTEN why should the Republicans or smart Democrats (if ever there was such a thing) believe he is going to carry out his duties as President and IMPLEMENT THE BILL AS WRITTEN. :mad:

I do not agree with everything Boehner does but when he said he was not going to work on an immigration bill due to the fact he does not believe Obama will implement it AS WRITTEN, but will change the bill by illegal executive orders to fit his political agenda, I totally agree with him. Why bother when the scumbag can't be trusted to carry out his legal responsibilities as it will get in the way of his agenda, golf game and next DNC fundraising tour. :mad:

But you keep on telling yourself the Republicans are the ones that need to learn to work with the Dems while they are destroying the very Constitution they all promised to uphold. BTW that is a little like telling Israel they need to cease fire only to have Hamas send thousands of rockets into their country to kill the innocent. :roll:
 
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Anonymous

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August 04, 2014, 10:32 am
Poll: 72 percent of voters say Congress has been 'unproductive'



By Mario Trujillo

Seventy-two percent of voters say Congress has been “unproductive” this year, giving lawmakers low marks as they begin their August recess.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/ Marist poll released Sunday found that 47 percent believe Congress has been "very unproductive," with 25 percent believing it has been "somewhat unproductive."


The survey comes as Congress begins its first week of a month-long recess. There are only a handful of legislative days left on the calendar before the November elections, and lawmakers left with some big-ticket items remaining on their to-do list.
The poll found 3 percent of people believe Congress has been very productive, while 20 percent said it has been somewhat productive.

Congress got poor marks across party lines, with 77 percent of independents saying lawmakers had not gotten enough done, along with 73 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of Democrats.

Republicans, though, were the least likely to say Congress was "very unproductive," at 44 percent. Fifty-three percent of Democrats and 52 percent of independents said the same.

Congress passed bills overhauling the Department of Veterans Affairs and providing highway funding before leaving town. But lawmakers were unable to agree on compromise legislation providing emergency funding for the border crisis. The House passed a $659 border bill but the Senate left town without moving legislation.

A study from Pew Research said the 113th Congress is close to passing the fewest number of consequential bills in the last 20 years. According to Pew, Congress has approved only 108 substantive bills that became law and 34 ceremonial bills through July 29.

The only other Congress that came close is the previous one (112th), which passed only 110 consequential pieces of legislation.


Congress’s approval rating stands in the mid-teens.

The poll surveyed 760 people from July 28-29 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percent.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/214201-poll-72-percent-see-congress-as-unproductive#ixzz39V7FXTei
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Mike

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GALLUP - Gallup asked a different group of respondents a separate version of the "representative from your district" question. These respondents were first asked if they knew the name and party of their representative, and then whether they approved of that representative. Thirty-five percent of all respondents surveyed knew the name of their representative and, of this group, an even higher 62% approved of him or her.

The difference between the 62% approval rating among this group and the 46% among all Americans suggests that those who do not know their representative's name hold him or her in lower regard. Thus, people who don't know the name of their representative may be evaluating that person largely on their generally negative feelings about how the broader institution is doing.



Americans who say they can name their congressional representative skew older, more highly educated, and somewhat Republican. These characteristics are true of voters in general as well. So this group of people is probably more likely to vote, which helps explain why incumbents keep being re-elected even when Americans as a whole see the job Congress is doing as unsatisfactory.
 

iwannabeacowboy

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Oldtimer said:
August 04, 2014, 10:32 am
Poll: 72 percent of voters say Congress has been 'unproductive'



By Mario Trujillo

Seventy-two percent of voters say Congress has been “unproductive” this year, giving lawmakers low marks as they begin their August recess.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/ Marist poll released Sunday found that 47 percent believe Congress has been "very unproductive," with 25 percent believing it has been "somewhat unproductive."


The survey comes as Congress begins its first week of a month-long recess. There are only a handful of legislative days left on the calendar before the November elections, and lawmakers left with some big-ticket items remaining on their to-do list.
The poll found 3 percent of people believe Congress has been very productive, while 20 percent said it has been somewhat productive.

Congress got poor marks across party lines, with 77 percent of independents saying lawmakers had not gotten enough done, along with 73 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of Democrats.

Republicans, though, were the least likely to say Congress was "very unproductive," at 44 percent. Fifty-three percent of Democrats and 52 percent of independents said the same.

Congress passed bills overhauling the Department of Veterans Affairs and providing highway funding before leaving town. But lawmakers were unable to agree on compromise legislation providing emergency funding for the border crisis. The House passed a $659 border bill but the Senate left town without moving legislation.

A study from Pew Research said the 113th Congress is close to passing the fewest number of consequential bills in the last 20 years. According to Pew, Congress has approved only 108 substantive bills that became law and 34 ceremonial bills through July 29.

The only other Congress that came close is the previous one (112th), which passed only 110 consequential pieces of legislation.


Congress’s approval rating stands in the mid-teens.

The poll surveyed 760 people from July 28-29 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percent.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/214201-poll-72-percent-see-congress-as-unproductive#ixzz39V7FXTei
Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook

Hmmm wonder what makes up congress?

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Anonymous

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Obama vs. Congress: Voters Say It’s Politics, Not Policy


Friday, August 08, 2014

President Obama and Republicans in Congress oppose each other on most major issues facing the nation, but few voters believe this political struggle is about substance.

Just 20% of Likely U.S. Voters think the opposition between the two is mostly due to honest differences of opinion, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Sixty-nine percent (69%) say this opposition is due mostly to partisan politics. Eleven percent (11%) are undecided.
 

Mike

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Here's what would happen if the U.S. citizens were making policy:


http://video.foxnews.com/v/3689535741001/watters-world-free-stuff-edition-/?playlist_id=1383651764001#sp=show-clips
 

hypocritexposer

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Oldtimer said:
Obama vs. Congress: Voters Say It’s Politics, Not Policy


Friday, August 08, 2014

President Obama and Republicans in Congress oppose each other on most major issues facing the nation, but few voters believe this political struggle is about substance.

Just 20% of Likely U.S. Voters think the opposition between the two is mostly due to honest differences of opinion, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Sixty-nine percent (69%) say this opposition is due mostly to partisan politics. Eleven percent (11%) are undecided.


Some of us were intelligent enough to see Barry as the problem, before he was even elected. Because that's what community agitators do...


Now, although it’s hardly new for the public to view Congress with disdain, it’s interesting to see that voters are no longer buying Obama’s “I’m here to unite” routine.

See, Obama fondly claims that he is willing to do whatever it takes to move America forward, that he’s willing to negotiate with Republicans on any point, that he will wash their cars and walk their dogs if it helps Congress comes up with solutions.

And this is the line that Obama sold the American people when he first ran for president in 2008. He promised that he'd bring change and fix the way lawmakers do things in the nation's capital.

But it appears that the honeymoon is over: Americans now see Obama as part of the problem, claiming that Republicans and Democrats alike are merely in it to score points.

In short, nothing has changed.

For a president who came into the White House in 2009 with a 69 percent approval rating, that's a heck of a thing.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/not-buying-it-majority-of-americans-see-obamas-fight-with-congress-as-purely-political/article/2551838
 

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