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April 12, 2007BELTWAY BLOGROLL
BillBlast: Fun Facts About The 110th Congress
From Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters:
The Democrats won majorities in both chambers of Congress in part by promising that they would change the way Congress conducts business, both in terms of ethics and productivity. Calling the Republican-led 109th a "Do-Nothing Congress", Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid promised more action, longer work weeks, and a blockbuster first 100 days.How has that worked out? Not particularly well. The 110th has managed to get all of two bills passed into law by the end of their first 100 days:
-- H.J.Res.20 - Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (02/15/07)
-- NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007 (04/10/07)
That's it -- one continuing appropriation and the NATO act. The continuing resolution was itself a leftover from the 109th Congress, about which the Democrats complained endlessly in the opening weeks of the 110th. At least it gave them something to do.
CQ readers might ask what previous Congresses did in their first 100 days. After all, each session requires some organizing efforts, committee assignments, lobbyist meetings, and the like. The Repubican-led 108th still managed to get a couple of more bills approved into law.
Click the link for more of The Captain's analysis.
Posted by Danny | 04:34 PM
