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Mercnbeth -> RE: Predicting November Results (3/5/2008 8:29:55 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Sinergy
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
In 2006 people voted to change the status quo. They expected aggressive change. Some even expected to put withdrawing from Iraq to a vote or at the very least set a withdraw date as part of any Iraq spending bill. The majority party in Congress had the ability to do that. Any Presidential veto would further serve their cause and a Democrat in the White House would have been a forgone conclusion.
Instead we got Rodger Clemens, steroid use by millionaires playing baseball, and Bill #209 passed to establish a "National Quilt Museum". I remember hearing "Bush Lied - People Died"; how about an update - "Congress Quilted - Soldiers Wilted"?
We also got a record number of bills passed by both houses of Congress vetoed by AnencephalyBoy.
Sinergy
Yes - lets review some of the recent accomplishments of this Congress:
H.R. 2251 - To extend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, to provide improved visitor services at the park, and for other purposes - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.R. 3332 - To provide for the establishment of a memorial within Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai, in the State of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969, and for other purposes - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.Res. 868 - Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Muir Woods National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.Con.Res. 209 - Expressing the sense of Congress that the Museum of the American Quilter's Society, located in Paducah, Kentucky, should be designated as the "National Quilt Museum of the United States" - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.R. 29 - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.R. 664 - To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in research and development, environmental and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana Point, California - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.R. 5270 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H. Res. 909 - Commemorating the courage of the Haitian soldiers that fought for American independence in the "Siege of Savannah" for Haiti's independence and renunciation of slavery - YES
H. Res. 960 - A resolution congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLII - YES
H.Con.Res.281 - Celebrating the birth of Abraham Lincoln and recognizing the prominence the Declaration of Independence played in the development of Abraham Lincoln's beliefs - YES
H.R. 3468 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1704 Weeksville Road in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the "Dr. Clifford Bell Jones, Sr. Post Office" - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.R. 3532 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5815 McLeod Street in Lula, Georgia, as the "Private Johnathon Millican Lula Post Office." - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.R. 4203 - Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3035 Stone Mountain Street in Lithonia, Georgia, as the "Jamaal RaShard Addison Post Office Building." - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.R. 5135 - Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Greenway Street in Derby, Kansas, as the "Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans Post Office Building." - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
H.Res. 975- Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Tom Lantos - PASSED BY VOICE VOTE
What an excellent representation of the change voted for in the "You're Fired!" campaign.
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