The 111th Congress is officially over, and officially the worst Congress in history. Yet despite its pitiful 13% approval rating some are hailing the 111th Congress as wildly successful.
Of course, most touting the so called “accomplishments” of 111th Congress are the very members of Congress defining their own incompetent actions as accomplishments, regardless of what the American People think.
Starting with Nancy Pelosi, who is not at all ashamed of the legislation she has rammed through Congress, despite the objections of the American People.
Pelosi says she is “very, very proud of the work that was accomplished by this Congress.”
The American people have a different take on the work of Nancy Pelosi and Her Congress. Nothing said "Enough" louder than the earthshaking results of the midterm election, or as Obama himself defined it, the Shellacking they were handed.
If you take a look at some of Congress’ signature “accomplishments,” you might understand where they’re coming from. Here are 10 major pieces of legislation passed by the 111th Congress over the last two years and a look at why Americans were not pleased.
- Obamacare: Pushed as the panacea for America’s health care woes, instead American taxpayers will take the hit for a trillion dollars in new federal spending.
- The Failed Stimulus: Obama promised that his stimulus would save or create 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010. The result? A 9.8 percent unemployment rate, a national debt of $2.9 trillion
- The 9,000-Earmark Omnibus Bill: Never mind the $1.4 trillion budget deficit in 2009. Congress went ahead and passed an omnibus spending bill containing 9,287 pork project earmarks costing $13 billion.
- Mountains of Debt: You can’t pin it on one piece of legislation alone, but the 111th Congress has piled heaps upon heaps of new debt, a massive $3.22 trillion. That comes out to $10,429.64 for every man, woman and child. That's more debt than the first 100 Congresses combined.
- The Government Union Bailout: As if one massive bailout weren’t enough, Obama and the 111th Congress delivered another $26.1 billion bailout for Government unions and big-spending states that wouldn’t know a balanced budget if it smacked them in the face.
- Wall Street Reform? Think Again: While Obama touted the Dodd-Frank bill as reform of Wall Street, the bill preserves the possibility of future government bailouts making a TARP-like bailout system permanent, and does nothing to reform two of the biggest culprits behind the financial crisis: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Many of whose former Executives have been rewarded for their failures with jobs in the Obama White House.
- The “Neighborhood Destabilization Act”: Speaker Pelosi would refer to it as the “Helping Families Save Their Homes Act,” but in reality the law does the opposite by Read More, And if you’re a responsible homeowner, you lose big time.
- Cash for Clunkers: Stuck with an old car or truck? The U.S. government would have paid you $3,500 to $4,500 to trade it in for a new, more fuel efficient vehicle. The program didn’t bring new buyers into the market, and the cost to taxpayers? $3 billion. or $24,000 per car. It did however result in the removal of millions of Obama Bumper Stickers from the road.
- New START: Obama sold this nuclear arms treaty as a reduction of nuclear weapons. The Treaty will in fact be useless in limiting nuclear proliferation, detrimental to missile defense, and counter to the purpose of defense treaties, defending and protecting America from her enemies.
- Cap-and-Trade: The Waxman-Markey climate bill was expected to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions with the unrealistic goal of curbing global warming. The plan would have increased gas prices by 58%, and household electric rates by 90% by 2035.
Americans should expect better results from the 112th Congress, Provided that the newly-elected representatives heed their electoral mandate: less spending, lower taxes and limited government.
But Americans should also be aware that even if Congress stays in line, President Obama will still pursue his big government agenda by way of more regulations from unelected bureaucrats. As the president said when the Democrats lost the House and failed to enact cap-and-trade, “I’m going to be looking for other means to address this problem.” In Fact He Already Has. Americans will either get more involved in the political process or continue to be its victim.
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