Darkwind
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They have a product of their labor to present to the American people.I know you think you have a point, but if you look closely, the makeup of the GOP in the 2001 to 2006 Congresses has been altered pretty drastically. Those that were the liberal go along to get along GOP'ers are being replaced with better representatives. Representatives that understand that we cannot continue to go the progressive way. It is disappointing and unfortunate the more republicans did not vote against the boner, but some did and that's a good example of the the country moving in the correct direction.[
Yet, in the past 8 years, Republicans have increased their US House seats, their US Senate seats, hold more Governor seats and have taken more State Legislatures than any other time in the past 70 years.
All of that in the face of the only policy that progressives cling to.
Robbing Peter to get Paul's vote.
And what do Conservatives have to show for it? In fact, what do Conservatives have to show for the 6 years the GOP had majority in Congress and the Presidency from 2001 to 2007?
What we have to show for the growing and increasing popularity in the States and in the countries Congressional districts is a Congress that has finally started doing its job.
I realize that you lack civics education, but you see. The purpose of the House of Representatives is to write and pass legislation that addresses and corrects specific issues.
They are required to do this regardless of who controls the Senate or the Presidency.
The same can be said about the Senate. They are to do their job regardless of who controls the House or the Presidency.
For the past 6 years, only 1 chamber of the Congress has done its job.
Remember. Congress is under no obligation to follow a President or a President's agenda. None whatever.
Each time the President vetoes the just and legal legislation of the Congress, the people will see it. They will remember it. They will finally get a first-hand look at which who is obstructing whom.
The question was,
what do conservatives have to show for it?
Your answer is, quite clearly, Nothing.
BTW....they gave us a safer country which has been squandered away.
There are more tangible results than a passed bill, but I know you won't get that.
The Congress and the Senate have begun a healing time. Where bills are debated and voted up, as it was meant to be.
Time will tell us if these chambers have begun to move in the correct direction, but one thing is certain. They have, at least for the moments, stopped going in the wrong direction.