It has been more than four decades since the Congress of the United States has been able to summon the will to pass a major piece of social legislation. Not since 1965, when Medicare and the Voting Rights Act both overcame decades of opposition to become law, has Congress proved itself up to the task.
Visiting US Senators from left, John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, John Barrasso and John Thune attend a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, 01/08/10. (photo: B.K. Bangash/AP)
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Incidentally, the reader of the L.A. Times commented that Medicare part D was a social program, hated by liberals because it didn't set up a beauraucracy. It was a giveaway to the Drug Companies: Medicare cannot save by buying generic, and the government outlawed importing cheaper drugs from abroad. Doesn't sound fiscally conservative to me.
Our institutions are failing us, power to the people!
The Constitution does not say "We the Wealthy!"
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