so far the republicans, even though they have total control of congress where bills originate, have done nothing about jobs. actually they have done nothing about pretty much everything:
Not quite a 'do-nothing Congress,' but it's close
Fervent partisanship and the debt standoff are making it the least productive in years.
July 04, 2011|Kathleen HennesseyFreshman Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is often asked what surprises her most about serving in the esteemed upper chamber of Congress. The earnest, 43-year-old conservative from New Hampshire has come up with an uncomplicated reply:
"I thought that we would vote on a lot more bills."
In the lobby outside Ayotte's office, a television tuned to C-SPAN was showing an empty Senate chamber. In offices up and down the hallway, aides were booking flights home.
So it goes these days on Capitol Hill, a place of many headlines and much drama but not a whole lot of legislating.
The 112th Congress is on pace to be one of the least productive in recent memory -- as measured by votes taken, bills made into laws, nominees approved. By most of those metrics, this crowd is underperforming even the "do-nothing Congress" of 1948, as President Harry Truman dubbed it. The hot-temper era of President Clinton's impeachment in the 1990s saw more bills become law.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/04/nation/la-na-do-little-congress-20110704
Not quite a 'do-nothing Congress,' but it's close
Fervent partisanship and the debt standoff are making it the least productive in years.
July 04, 2011|Kathleen HennesseyFreshman Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is often asked what surprises her most about serving in the esteemed upper chamber of Congress. The earnest, 43-year-old conservative from New Hampshire has come up with an uncomplicated reply:
"I thought that we would vote on a lot more bills."
In the lobby outside Ayotte's office, a television tuned to C-SPAN was showing an empty Senate chamber. In offices up and down the hallway, aides were booking flights home.
So it goes these days on Capitol Hill, a place of many headlines and much drama but not a whole lot of legislating.
The 112th Congress is on pace to be one of the least productive in recent memory -- as measured by votes taken, bills made into laws, nominees approved. By most of those metrics, this crowd is underperforming even the "do-nothing Congress" of 1948, as President Harry Truman dubbed it. The hot-temper era of President Clinton's impeachment in the 1990s saw more bills become law.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/04/nation/la-na-do-little-congress-20110704
