While the Beltway Gasbags talk about "healing" and "bipartisanship", the numbers show that the American people are firmly behind the Democratic agenda.
Allowing the government to negotiate with drug companies to attempt to lower the price of prescription drugs for some senior citizens: 87/12/1
Raising the minimum wage: 85/14/1
Cutting interest rates on federal loans to college students: 84/15/1
Creating an independent panel to oversee ethics in Congress: 79/19/2
Making significant changes in U.S. policy in Iraq: 77/20/3
Reducing the amount of influence lobbyists have in congressional decisions: 75/21/4
Implementing all of the anti-terrorism recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission: 64/26/10
Maintaining the current Social Security system to prevent the creation of private investment accounts: 63/32/6
Funding embryonic stem cell research: 62/32/6
Reducing some federal tax breaks for oil companies: 49/49/2
Changing the rules to allow Congress to create new spending programs only if taxes are raised or spending on other programs is cut: 41/54/5
The Democrats' number one task is to serve the American people and demonstrate that they are responsive to their needs. That's our whole reason for existing.
Let the Republicans oppose the Democratic agenda, whine that they're being shut out.
Republicans shut out the people's agenda for the last decade. The people finally got fed up and got rid of them en mass.
It's our time to be responsive. And as the numbers show, it's not even a close question.