Hi folks.
I know I don't mince words for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, but this week has been a new low for the failed Republican leadership in the House of Representatives.
At a time of international crisis when the world needs leadership from America, Republicans have no answers.
They are abusing their position in Congress (especially in the House) to pass meaningless legislation that won't have any impact on the lives of the American people.
Here is the agenda for the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives this week, at a time when the skies of Middle East were being lit up with missiles and rockets:
*H.J. Res. 88 - Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Same Sex Marriages: Right wing Republicans failed to pass this amendment today, which would amend the Constitution to state that "marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman." Republicans in the House are pushing forward with the bill despite the fact that the Senate already defeated its own version of this amendment earlier in the year, ending any possibility that the amendment will go to the states for ratification this year.
*H.R. 2389 - Pledge Protection Bill - Republicans will bring this bill to the house floor tomorrow. The bill strips federal courts, including the Supreme Court, of the jurisdiction "to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the Pledge of Allegiance, as defined in section 4 of title 4, or its recitation."
It doesn't matter what the challenges this nation faces are. Republicans just go back to the same old playbook.
Rising gas prices and a record national debt? Ban gay marriage.
War erupting in Iraq and the broader Middle East? Protect the Pledge of Allegiance.
This is a failed Republican Congress. They ought to be embarrassed of themselves.
If the American people want a Congress that responds to their concerns - about security, the economy, and global instability - with meaningful action, then we need a change of leadership in the House.
- LMS