If the Democrats win both Houses of Congress what is the order of business

[Ignacio Upton]

If we control the House and Senate in 2006 and deal a politcal blow to Bush, how can we repair the country in 2007? Bush will still be able to veto bills (even if we have majorities they will be narrow enough to have a fractured coalition) and if another terrorist attack happens (God Forbid) then they will be just as toothless as the Democratic-controlled Senate from 2001-2002 that voted for the Iraq War and No Child Left Behind. However, among the things we can do are Investigate are the DSM, another 9/11 Investigation, overturn the Bankrupcy Bill and CAFTA, and keep Bush Supreme Court Justice Nominees in committee (they won't be able to use the "Democrats are just an angry minority using the power of the filibuster to prevent Bush from appointing justices, because we will have the majority support from the American people) Another problem involves relations with the blogosphere. One of the reasons why the blogosphere and Liberal Activism online in general did not materialize until 2001 was because Left Activists often had a strained relationship with Clinton and the Republican grassroots was not in power and able to take advantage of resentment.

[NNadir]

1. A congressional investigation of the abuse of power.

[stopbush]

6. I'd say they had a mandate to launch immediate investigations.

[rzemanfl]

2. Have a Congressperson from a state with a Democratic

Governor resign. John Kerry moves there and is appointed to the House, then he is elected Speaker of the House. Then Bush and Cheney are impeached, Kerry becomes President and appoints Al Gore as Vice-President. Kerry gets re-elected twice then Gore gets re-elected twice and viola, 18 years of sanity in the White House. I say Kerry rather than Gore only because he is older.

[phiddle]

4. My, you're devious! (Nice Move)

[rzemanfl]

16. This would work and is much less messy than a revolution.

At least half the people in the country would be saying "Thank God!" and "it's about time" when it happened.

[longship]

5. We don't want no woman to be president!!

The office of president is a *man's* position11111!!!
:evilgrin:

[rzemanfl]

7. The point of the excersise is to put the people who were screwed

out of the office in it, not to be sexist.

[longship]

8. I added :evilgrin: to make sure that you understood it was sarcasm.

Sorry if you took it to heart.

[rzemanfl]

13. No problem. I see this as the only non-violent way to restore

democracy to the country. The alternative is a military junta.

[longship]

19. I'd just like to see a Constitutional solution.

What's worrisome is the prospect of constitutional crises. Pardons. Firings. Other, more scary, things. I just want the Democrats to sieze this opportunity to lead the country back from the brink. The Democrats need a leader right now and we do not have one.

The closest I can see is Al Gore and the CBC people. They say all the right things, but they are not saying them to enough people.

Who will jump into the leadership role? We're anxiously waiting.

[Ignacio Upton]

20. An American version of Pinochet's junta would be worse than Bush

At least with Bush we have democratic means to get rid of him. I don't care if the military junta began implementing universal healthcare, I still would not support anyone subverting democracy

[rzemanfl]

23. I was too short in my response. What I am suggesting is that the

military will not continue to be sent on fool's errands by those fools until 2009 without deciding they could do it better without them. The outcome of that would be unlikely to be anything any of us would like.

I can't see a people's revolution happening in this country, can you?

[LVdem]

17. That's good!!! nt

[rzemanfl]

18. Believe in it, promote it. The country cannot be in the hands of

BushCo until 2009, it's this, revolution or a military coup. I prefer that the Constitution be followed and this does, 100%.

[phiddle]

3. My wish list in order:

1. Campaign finance and lobbying reform
2. Strong voting rights measures including mandatory voter-verified paper ballots.
3. Redistribution of the tax burden upward; elimination of the caps on FICA and the capital gains differential.
4. Investigate the sewer of Republicanism

[freethought]

26. Mind if I add two or three?

1) Universal Health Care
2) Media Reform
3) A long term Energy Research effort.
4) Withdrawl from Iraq.

Okay, that's four. You get the idea though.

[phiddle]

29. By all means!

[MarkusQ]

9. They say charity begins at home

And if I recall correctly, impeachment has to come from the house. So I'd start there.

--MarkusQ

[Leftest]

10. I'd say

For starters:

- Congressional investigation into high crimes and corruption
- A resolution to bring the troops home now
- Conduct immediate hearings of all detainees to determine the status of each
- Attach to the next defense spending bill, a repeal of the new bankruptcy law & CAFTA
- Submit articles of impeachment
- Re-regulate the news media
- Replace the environmental laws back to where they were
- Place a CAP on gas and oil prices
- Spend some money on some real R&D for bio fuels and hydrogen
- Tax the shit out of the greedy rich sons of bitches who have been in bed with the Bushes and neo-cons

.

[Bacchus39]

35. curious as to your proposal to regulate media and the environmental laws

can you elaborate?

[gademocrat7]

11. We need to try and reduce the deficit

repeal The Patriot Act and all tax cuts for the top 1%.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Won't happen in 06

May as well stop speculating.

GOP has a lock on the House of Reps and will probably retain a 2 vote majority in the Senate.

[rzemanfl]

14. Even in gerrymandered Districts sitting in a cold house all Winter

worrying about money can change a person's attitude.

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. You're too optimistic about how that translates

The GOP has successfully painted the Dems as do nothing, which is an effective counterweight to themselves as do-wrong.

[rzemanfl]

24. Guess I'd best get some helium and plastic bags. n/t

[bonito]

15. Let the world breath easier again. n/t

[killbotfactory]

21. I won't expect much

just a slight tempering of the GOP's bullshit. But I've become a cynic.

[Johnny Noshoes]

25. Okay off the wall scenario

We take back the House and Senate. The Chimp and Darth Cheney are impeached and found guilty and are out. President Pelosi appoints John Kerry as VP. She resigns and Kerry is President and appoints Edwards as VP and we have what we should've had in '04. Now I did say off the wall :evilgrin:

[corporatemedia]

27. 1) BEER 2)MORE BEER 3)GO TO STEP 1 eom

[IndianaGreen]

28. Repeal PATRIOT, bring the troops home at once!

Everything begins with dismantling the Bush police state and ending Bush's wars.

[DainBramaged]

30. Instant repeal of tax break fo the 2%ers, remove secrecy act

What, you don't think these fuckers have a new secrecy act in place beyond the Patriot Act?? Then gut everything passed by these douche bags including ANWAR and the stupid throwaway gun registrations.

After that I will be at peace with the world for a moment.

[Bacchus39]

31. won't be able to overturn CAFTA or Bankruptcy

that would require legislation and Bush could just veto that too.

however, Democrats would control the committees and be able to hold a hearings on a variety of issues.

[DainBramaged]

32. We can override his vetos, make no mistake about it

With control comes control. There are enough moderate RINOs to help with that.

[Bacchus39]

34. of course

if you get enough RINOs or otherwise that adds up to 2/3 a veto would be overriden. I just don't see it happening especially with such non-exciting issues as CAFTA.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

33. Reverse everything the Republicans have enacted since 1980

and keep going.

The problems go back a lot farther than Bush.