The Republican culture of failure

[BobcatJH]

Not only is the Republican Party corrupt, but it's also the party of massive legislative failure. From the Associated Press:

Could a Republican-controlled Congress, pass a bill to protect the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance from court challenges?

No problem, especially if proposed during the patriotic season leading up to the Fourth of July, Republican leaders thought.

No way, it turned out.

The bill, the first item on the GOP's trumpeted election-year "American Values Agenda," could not make it past a House committee.

Even worse for the Republicans was that they could not blame Democrats. One of the GOP's very own, Rep. Bob Inglis of South Carolina, voted no. Seven other Republicans skipped the committee meeting entirely.

So it goes this year for House Republicans, their majority in jeopardy for the first time in more than a decade. Take an unpopular president, factor in deep divisions in the GOP ranks and add to that Democrats determined to regain control. It all means a Congress having trouble doing its most basic job: passing legislation.

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The legislative year is littered with failed or stalled Republican priorities. Some, such as an immigration overhaul, repealing estate taxes and changing rules on lobbying in response to several ethics scandals, are disappointments for many in the GOP and for Bush.

Don't forget: Republicans own this.

[Bandit]

1. Except this had nothing really to do with either God or the Pledge

This had to do with eliminating judicial overview. They want to pass laws that can not even be looked at by the courts. They want to eliminate the checks and balances built into our Constitution. We need to realize what their true motives really are. If they were to have gotten away with this one where do you think they would have stopped?