Why do conservatives keep asking what the Demcratic Lead Congress has done?

Question

When it's a plain as the nose on your face? Hell even one of your own has this to say: “Congressional Democrats have had a pretty strong quarter,” said Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.), who praised [the legislation expanding SCHIP] as “creative” and suggested the homeland security bill would pass overwhelmingly. “The first quarter was not so good, and that’s why they’re not looking so good in the polls, but this quarter is looking very good for them. They can send their members home crowing about their accomplishments, and they’ve done it in a bipartisan way, which is exactly what they promised to do,” LaHood said.

Democrats have passed a series of measures to advance the agenda of the Ameriacn people:

Democrats Passed First Minimum Wage Increase in a Decade. “The nation's lowest-paid workers will soon find extra money in their pockets as the minimum wage rises 70 cents to $5.85 an hour today, the first increase in a decade. It ends the longest span without a federal minimum wage increase since it was enacted in 1938. The previous increase came in September 1997, when a bill signed by President Bill Clinton raised the minimum 40 cents, to $5.15 an hour. Legislation signed by President Bush in May increases the wage 70 cents each summer until 2009, when all minimum-wage jobs will pay no less than $7.25 an hour.” [Associated Press, 7/24/07]

Democrats Passed Wounded Warriors Bill to Upgrade Military Health Care and Provide a 3.5% Pay Raise for Our Troops. “Senate Democrats scored a crucial pre-recess legislative win Wednesday, as a veterans’ healthcare measure and military pay raise previously attached to the stalled defense authorization bill passed unanimously. Republicans sought to add the 3.5 percent pay increase to the healthcare bill, dubbed the Wounded Warriors Act, before allowing immediate passage of the package.” [The Hill, 7/26/07]

Democrats Passed War Spending Bill that Included $6 Billion for Hurricane Relief. “The war spending bill provides about $95 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through Sept. 30 and billions in domestic projects, including more than $6 billion for hurricane relief.” [Associated Press, 5/25/07]

Democrats Passed Legislation Out of Committee Providing the Largest Increase for Veterans Affairs Funding in History. “House and Senate appropriators are both confidently moving forward with their proposals to give the Veterans Affairs Department its largest-ever budget increase to address the increasing health care needs of veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House passed its version of the fiscal 2008 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill (HR 2642) June 15 by a vote of 409-2. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved, 28-1, its draft version on June 14.” [CQ Today, 6/15/07]

Iraq Supplemental Appropriations Bill Included Additional $1.8 Billion for Veterans’ Health Care. “The House and Senate approved the $120 billion package yesterday. The president had requested $103 billion, but Congress added additional spending requirements to increase veterans’ health care programs by $1.8 billion, military construction and realignment by almost $5 billion, and homeland security by more than $1 billion.” [VFW Press Release, 5/25/07]

Democrats Passed Bill to Implement 9/11 Commission Recommendations. “The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation yesterday to implement many of the remaining reforms suggested by the Sept. 11 commission, answering its three-year-old call for better emergency communications; more money for cities at high risk of terrorist attacks; and tighter security for air cargo, ports, chemical plants and rail systems.” [Washington Post, 3/14/07

Answer 1

Because they hear it from the opinionators and are either to ignorant or too lazy to find out for themselves. "Do nothing Congress" is a major right wing "talking point" as one can tell by the people who repeat it on Y/A .

Anyone can find out what is going on in Congress at Thomas.gov, Roll Call and the Congressional Record.

Edit: Also because they don't understand how the Congress works, especially the Senate,

Answer 2

All the crap that they speewed o what they were gonna do if elected, was the same ol liberal B.S., this wrong this wrong and were gonna fix it but do nothing, they love to point out whats wrong but have no way to fix anything, and have no clue on how to goveren, two words for you Jimmy Carter, Highest enflation in U.S. Highest, Energy Crisis, Iran holding Americans hostage for 454 days, and a Failed Middle east policy, imagine if that Left wing nut would have had 4 more years, we would have all been speaking Russian or Arabic.

Answer 3

Both parties like pointing fingers. The democrats do nothing and the republicans lower the tax for the rich and the Social Security for the elderly take care of the children in America, and if you don,t believe me check out the Social Security Act I - XXI . com AT&T Yahoo search and find out for yourself. What I want to know is , just what in the rich paying for in America, sense the elderly is taking care of our children in every Social Service there is out there and encluding health care insurance for the children. this is why medicare is not paying for the elderly, like it did. what they are not telling us.
they do nothing of what they say they will do.

Answer 4

because the think lack of accomplishment due to VETO is the democrat's fault, even though the only benefit a slight majority offers them, is to prevent the rubber stamping of Bush policies we had in the previous congress.

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LOL I took a few polls in which i gave congress bad bad marks, because of the Republican obstructionists. I might have given them better score if the republicans would try to do something rather than playing politics, or if Democrats where 2/3 of congress, and could get over a VETO.

Answer 5

Because the Dems promised so many things they were going to do, the GOP is trying to keep score.
I am still waiting for the overhaul of the lobbying system that gives lobbyists direct access to the members of Congress, and that has not changed.
Why are not our boys home from Iraq yet?
Why is Hillary still wearing pants suits, except for the one time last week?

Answer 6

to drag out the fact that the democrats are not doing any better than they did in the six years they controlled Congress but then the dems have around five more to work on it to even things out

Answer 7

As long as a two-party system exists, the conservatives are going to criticize the liberals, and vice-versa. It's known as politics.

Answer 8

They are almost as bad as the Republican led Congress that was just voted out. Almost.

Answer 9

because their nuts are in their stomachs watching their party go down in a flaming tailspin from it's own corruption and incompetence - so they're lashing out for someone to blame their failures on as they always do

it's simple!

Answer 10

Actually its liberals that are asking what their party has done. To cons they've done plenty, luckily they've lacked sufficient support to override presidential veto.