I haven't had a good rant in awhile, but this Congress is pissing me off.
You started off great. You raised the minimum wage. You started reforming ethical regulations in Congress, but still have a long way to go with earmarks.
But you guys really fucking bend over like it's couple's night in the prison shower when it comes to oversight.
You issue subpoenas for documents from the White House and Justice Department, as well as the RNC. They do nothing, so you write a sternly worded letter threatening that this time we'll be serious about making you do stuff.
Then you do nothing.
Witnesses refuse to appear when subpoenaed, so you issue contempt citations.
Then you do nothing.
Patrick Leahy said we'd get confirmation hearings only after Justice turned over documents Alberto Gonzales didn't recall. He's in the process of folding.
House members wanted to make Republicans pay for the war with a war tax, something that we did in both WWII and Vietnam. Speaker Pelosi told them to go milk a bull.
Senate Republicans filibuster every other bill Democrats bring up, so Harry Reid takes the legislation off the table rather than forcing debate on the issue.
Congress, you're terrified of the Republicans! Why?! The only state they're gaining ground in is Louisiana. The public is fed up with them. Democrats lead on EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ISSUE! Many of them by 60+%!
Yet you still cave. You guys melt away like ice in the Northwest Passage.
GROW A FUCKING PAIR OF BALLS!
We are the activists in the party. We are the ones leading caucuses, neighborhood meetings. We are the ones who generate internet support for your candidacies. Where would we be without ActBlue?
You need to realize that the people you listen to are the ones who vote for you, who want to help keep you in power, not the lobbyists. Especially not to the Republican Congresspeople who would just as soon feed you rat poison rather than give you health care.
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