14 reasons why this is the worst Congress ever
This week, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. On its own, such a vote would be unremarkable. Republicans control the House, they oppose President Obama’s health reform law, and so they voted to get rid of it.
But here’s the punchline: This was the 33rd time they voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Holding that vote once makes sense. Republicans had promised that much during the 2010 campaign. But 33 times? If doing the same thing twice and expecting a different result makes you insane, what does doing the same thing 33 times and expecting a different result make you?
Well, it makes you the 112th Congress.
Hating on Congress is a beloved American tradition. Hence Mark Twain’s old joke, “Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” But the 112th Congress is no ordinary congress. It’s a very bad, no good, terrible Congress. It is, in fact, one of the very worst congresses we have ever had.
Ezra nails this one perfectly. The 112th Congress is a miserable failure, and 98% of Americans are suffering needlessly because of it.
The vast majority of the far-right members of congress, ran on a jobs platform. They haven’t put forth one jobs bill, and have actively blocked efforts by moderates and democrats from passing one. Yeah, they’re not serving their constituents, they’re wasting money trying to strip access to health insurance, defending DOMA, destroying even access to birth control for women, and holding the government hostage to tax cuts for rich people. Right. They’re playing politics instead of governing to serve the people who elected them. But they have seen fit to give 2.5 Billion dollars of taxpayer money to Big Oil. Right.
Anything is better than this.
