Congressional Malpractice

What’s going on in Washington?  Why won’t the Democrats negotiate?  The simple fact is that the President is correct.  Republicans are attempting political extortion.  They lost the election in November because the public rejected their agenda.  Now they are trying to force that agenda down our throats by refusing to pass a simple continuing resolution to keep the government going without also attaching their failed agenda to it.  They are way out of line.  They are trying to subvert the political process.  And it is clear that a significant number of them really are enthusiastic about shutting down the government.  They simply don’t care how much harm they are doing, because they are intent on getting their way even though the majority of Americans don’t agree with them.  Negotiating with them is exactly the wrong thing to do. 

What can we do about it?  Unfortunately, not much.  But we can email them to let them know just how much we disagree with their actions.  If enough of us do this, maybe, just maybe, they will begin to realize that they are unlikely to win the next election.  And they certainly don’t deserve another term.  They have not done the job they were sent to Washington to do.  They have not made any serious attempt to deal with our problems, because they have been too busy playing politics.  The Senate passed a budget weeks ago.  They also passed an immigration reform bill.  But the House has chosen to not even consider these.  Instead they have spent their time making more than forty totally unnecessary and doomed to failure attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.  We are paying these people very generous salaries that they have done nothing to earn.  We all need to let them know that this is unacceptable and that they will be held accountable.