Bush has been heavy handed with the veto power. And Republicans may have been obstructionist. But why would Nancy Pelosi be proud of the Democrats in Congress, when nothing has been accomplished, and their approval rating is worse than the president's. She should be ashamed or disappointed with the Democrats' time in congress.
We can thank the "block and blame" obstruction strategy by the Republican minority for this. They aren't exactly being secretive about this scheme, either. Remember when Republicans demanded an "up or down" vote, and railed against filibusters? I do. Now they sing a different tune. They have have routinely filibustered every major piece of Democratic legislation, creating a record number of cloture votes that require a super-majority of sixty votes. -President Bush never issued a veto when the previous Republican congresses ran up record deficits, but now Bush has threatened veto over 119 times. I guess Trent Lott was right when he remarked to Roll Call, "The strategy of being obstructionist can work or fail...and so far it's working for us."
Bush has been heavy handed with the veto power. And Republicans may have been obstructionist. But why would Nancy Pelosi be proud of the Democrats in Congress, when nothing has been accomplished, and their approval rating is worse than the president's. She should be ashamed or disappointed with the Democrats' time in congress.
We can thank the "block and blame" obstruction strategy by the Republican minority for this. They aren't exactly being secretive about this scheme, either. Remember when Republicans demanded an "up or down" vote, and railed against filibusters? I do. Now they sing a different tune. They have have routinely filibustered every major piece of Democratic legislation, creating a record number of cloture votes that require a super-majority of sixty votes. -President Bush never issued a veto when the previous Republican congresses ran up record deficits, but now Bush has threatened veto over 119 times. I guess Trent Lott was right when he remarked to Roll Call, "The strategy of being obstructionist can work or fail...and so far it's working for us."