I recently heard Senator Dick Durbin respond to a question all of us are asking. "What are the Democrats doing?" We hear a lot about what the Republicans are doing wrong but not about what the Democrats are trying to do to correct it.
Durbin's response gave me pause. He said there is ample legislation that is being proposed by the Democrats in Congress, but because they are the minority party, it rarely gets out of committee or receives press coverage.
Later in the same week, I was on a conference call with a congressman discussing what we can do to change the culture of corruption that is so prevalent in Washington. I was surprised to learn there are already two bills that have been proposed. And guess what? They are stuck in committee!
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