Political Quotes

“this year's Republican Congress was dubbed the most do-nothing Congress of all time, because it refused to do its job. Every year, at the very least, Congress is supposed to pass a budget and the 10 appropriation bills that fund the Federal Government. The Republicans never agreed on a budget resolution, and to date only two of the 10 appropriations bills have been signed into law. Congressional Republicans plan to adjourn this week without passing the eight other bills. It doesn't matter that we are already 2 months into the 2007 fiscal year. It doesn't matter to them apparently that important spending decisions need to be made for crucial health care, education, transportation and environmental programs. Congressional Republicans simply refuse to do the job they were sent here to do. Instead, they want to punt all of these funding decisions to the next Democratic Congress, giving us only a month to address the 2007 budget before the President sends us his 2008 budget recommendations. This is not the way Congress is supposed to work. The American people rightfully rejected a do-nothing Congress that continues to live up to its name.”