Recent questions tagged congress

Description : If the unredacted Mueller report can be viewed by members of congress in some restricted-access room, and the fully released version has only minimal redactions, why is congress so vehemently demanding an unredacted distribution?

Last Answer : Because from a constitutional point of view, the Executive branch cannot and should not control what the legislative branch does. We have three co-equal branches of government. Not a dictatorship.

Description : After reading the attached article, do you agree or disagree with her actions, or are you neutral?

Last Answer : I’m glad we’re all focused on policy here. Are you joking? It’s “distressing” to you to know that other people use different vocabulary around their kids?

Description : If you were a senator or congressman/woman and had spent the last 7 years staking your reputation on destroying Obamacare, how would you feel today?

Last Answer : I would be really sick, health-wise, and feel as if my health insurance just crapped out.

Description : Is the first Amendment dead?

Last Answer : Temporarily partially suppressed . Things will be get better after Trumps second term ends in 8 years.

Description : Paul Ryan is calling the (ugh) Freedom Caucus' bluff. Will they go for it? And will they keep their promises?

Last Answer : answer:Who knows? It isn’t as if one could apply logic to the thinking of that caucus. Even their chosen name is a misnomer; they want freedom for themselves but no one else. They are anarchists. They cannot be trusted.

Description : If the POW stranded overseas for 5 years was your son, would you view Obama's decision not to give congress 30 days notice differently?

Last Answer : I don’t understand this beef about the notice. Wasn’t this deal in the works for, like, years? Didn’t everyone know this was going to happen eventually?

Description : Would we be better off without congress?

Last Answer : answer:As much as I rail against Congress and the idiocy of many, if not most, of their decisions, it's better to have that than to have laws passed by an Executive, no matter how well-intentioned. In ... make regulations with the force of law . That's where I think we've really gone off the rails.

Description : Have you read what the Monsanto protect grantee says?

Last Answer : Please define “unnatural things”, then explain how they “slow the metabolism”.

Description : How do you think we should handle the US Senate's filibuster rules?

Last Answer : I think they should return to the original filibuster.

Description : How were the Republicans able to block the Disclose Act, if a majority of the senators supported it?

Last Answer : According to this the result was 59–39-2, which is below the required 3/5th majority.

Description : Do you think that in the US all food should be clearly labeled?

Last Answer : It’s getting to point of ridiculous. I bought something last week that had a little tiny booklet attached to it with several tiny pages of labeling.

Description : What do you think of Congress?

Last Answer : I don’t generally tend to think of congress because congress doesn’t generally tend to think of me.

Description : Will Congress have the votes to repeal the Social Security Act?

Last Answer : They won’t have a chance to. Social Security will bankrupt us long before Congress musters the balls to do anything as rational as to get rid of it.

Description : Are you familiar with the proposed new Radio Tax?

Last Answer : Radio already pays for the music it plays. I think this law is bullshit and unconstitutional. On top of that, the two radio stations I listen to are listener-supported - they rely solely on charitable ... they would be off the air if this passed. That, in my opinion, is suppressing free speech.

Description : What do you think about reconciliation?

Last Answer : Bush used reconciliation to push his tax cut that helped the rich. Total cost of the tax cut was about 2 trillion. Obama wants to spend half that for health-care. Oh, and where were the ... trillions on unnecessary wars? Oh, we were killing brown people so a thousand dollar bullet was worth it.

Description : Should Congress downsize to help the economy?

Last Answer : I might suggest a different tack, but I like the idea!

Description : Does anyone watch live Senate or House hearings on C-Span?

Last Answer : I love C-Span. They don’t have analysis, bullshit. They only show what is really happening and I sometimes watch it. I was not watching this but when I saw your question I went to CNN website and they are also having that online. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

Description : Why do you think congress is wasting all this time & money on Clemens?

Last Answer : They should waterboard him to find the truth and be done with it.

Description : Why did Congress have to be off for the Jewish holiday but the Senate did NOT?

Last Answer : meybe because there’s more Jewish people in Congress than Senate.