RETWEET if you are tired of more @BarackObama speeches and no progress! #SpeechesDontHireI demand progress! Unfortunately, not everyone agrees with me.
— RNC (@GOP) July 22, 2013
BOB SCHIEFFER: Any way you cut it, and whoever's fault it is, you have presided over what it perhaps the least-productive and certainly one of the least popular congresses in history. How do you feel about that?
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: Well, Bob, we should not be judged on how many new laws we create. We ought to be judged on how many laws that we repeal.-- Face The Nation, July 21
The RNC oughtta have a word with that guy. And by the way, judging them on how many laws they repeal...
Bills the House Has Repealed So Far This Year:
May 22: the House agreed to an Amendment that would repeal or reduce the estate tax, but only if done in a fiscally responsible way.
June 20: the House voted to repeal an amendment that would establish the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.
Bills the House Has Tried to Repeal So Far This Year, and Failed at Repealing:
March 22: the House failed to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the Federal estate tax
May 22: the House rejected an amendment HR 1947, which was an attempt to repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a nutrition assistance block grant program.
June 19: the House rejected an amendment to HR 1947, which was attempt to repeal Section 3102, which reauthorizes the Market Access Program (MAP) until 2018
June 19: the House failed to repeal a permanent law from the Agriculture Act of 1949 that pertains to dairy support.
June 20: the House failed to repeal the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program which awards federal grants to educate fleet operators and the public on the benefits of using biodiesel fuels, instead of fossil fuels.
And of course, the House has tried and failed to repeal Obamacare six different times.
So, the Congress is a failure, right?
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