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Home Front: Politix
After Elections, Congress Faces Likely Legislative Gridlock
2010-10-28
No matter which party comes out on top in next week's midterm elections, getting legislation through the next Congress will be an uphill battle at best and virtually impossible at worst.

Regardless of who wins the majority next week, more pratfalls than policies may emerge out of the 112th Congress, observers warn.

"Both parties don't like to work with each other. We keep seeing that over and over," said Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University professor of history and congressional expert. "It's like Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football."
Then the money paragraphs:
"There's nothing more urgent than stopping the tax hikes, cutting spending and repealing Obamacare," Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Republican leader John Boehner, told FoxNews.com.

If Democrats retain the majority, they say they want to overhaul the immigration system, pass climate change legislation and spend more money to turn the economy around and reduce the deficit.
So there is your choice. Reduce government footprint or more government. Cut taxes and get buisness moving or more taxes and regulation. Make a good call America.
Posted by:DarthVader

#8  It is possible they will ignore the will of the people. The anger of the people will not abate. They must produce or will be removed. Every tool will now be used against them. Ignore the will of the people at you own peril. It is not business as usual.
Posted by: Dale   2010-10-28 22:09  

#7  I would welcome gridlock as a step upward in government.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-10-28 22:09  

#6  Good.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-10-28 17:24  

#5  Spend more money to reduce the deficit? I think I've found the problem ...
Posted by: Steve White   2010-10-28 16:45  

#4  It would have been cheaper to pay each one of the bastards $1 million a month to stay away 11 1/2 months of the year.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-10-28 16:04  

#3  He talks as if that is a bad thing.

Its better than what the Democrats have been doing for the past 4 years.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2010-10-28 15:36  

#2  Gridlock is better than what we've had since the donks came into power 4 years ago and O came in 2 years ago. There is a lot of repair work that needs to be done.

I wonder if there is any interest out there on a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-10-28 15:10  

#1  "getting legislation through the next Congress will be an uphill battle at best and virtually impossible at worst"

Why "at worst"?

Given what the bast*ards have done so far, "impossible" seems to be the best outcome for us.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-10-28 15:09  

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