I Just Can't Understand Why The Dems Are Letting Trump, Conway And Other Repugs Get Away With......

[global1]

saying the Dems and Nancy aren't accomplishing anything in the House. Why are the Dems not talking about all the legislation that they've passed in the House that is being held up (obstructed) by Mitch McConnell and the Senate Repugs.

Why don't they fight back with this information? I just don't get it?

[Fresh_Start]

1. why don't you make it a personal mission to talk up what the democratic party

is doing in the house which is being held up in the senate?

Talk to your friends and neighbors
Write it on facebook, instagram, twitter.....
Heck, put a sign on the lawn of your home and a placard on your car.

We all have to help.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. How do you think they should be doing that, and what makes you think they aren't?

I get emails all the time from my Senators and my representative about legislation they are proposing, and how it's being held up in the Senate. Of course, these are fund-raising emails, but I can't say they aren't keeping me informed.

[global1]

5. You're Connected And You Keep Informed....

you know what is going on - but - the rank and file American only hears what the other side is telling them as they hear from Repugs, Repug talking heads and the MSM that repeats what they say.

The rank and file American voter is not on DU like you and I. The rank and file American doesn't get fund raising e-mails from their Senator or Representative. They aren't informed like you and I.

I'm sorry - but I don't hear the Dems talking about the legislation that they've passed in the House. And those that do say something about it - don't say that it is being held hostage by Mitch McConnell in the Senate. They don't say that he is obstructing.

We need to get through to that rank and file American voter - if we want a big turnout in 2020. I just don't think that we are getting through to them now and the Dems are missing a perfect opportunity to get through to them - if they don't talk about McConnell's obstruction.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. So what do you think they should do?

You want them to talk about legislation, but your rank and file American voter doesn't watch the news shows where they do that, and certainly not C-SPAN. Many representatives hold town halls, which is probably the best forum for communication with voters, and rank and file voters will go to those if there is an issue that concerns them. Local news - tv and newspapers - also cover significant federal legislation relating to that area. What else would you suggest?

[Sugarcoated]

18. Do what Republicans do

Go on every paper, periodical, news and radio show they can get booked on and say it over and over and over, forcefully, assertively, sometimes loudly and angrily, multiple times a day. There should be more than just the 15-20 congresspeople we see constantly on TV.

[global1]

23. Morning, Afternoon & Late Night Talk Shows.....

The View, Ellen, The Talk, Good AM America, The Today Show, Colbert, Corden, Fallon, Meyers, Kimmel, etc.

All these shows have political guests. When the Dems are on these shows this is what they need to talk about. The typical American voter watches these shows. This is how to get through to them. Keep on hammering the point that the Dems have sent these House passed bills to the Senate and McConnell & the Repugs are ignoring and obstructing.

[Claritie Pixie]

3. Because he NEEDS a fight. I am glad they're not giving him what he wants.

Behind the public scene they're going after him, we just aren't going to see a WWW match on tv. That's what he gives him a thrill.

I agree with Dems current strategy.

[global1]

6. Behind The Scene They Are Going After Him.....

hidden from the view of the typical American voter that we need to turn out in record numbers in 2020 if we're going to take back the Presidency and the Senate and keep the House.

The message that's getting through is that the Dems are just focused on 'investigations' and not concerned about the real concerns. That's the message that's getting through because that's the only message we keep hearing over and over - from any Repug and Repug talking head.

I don't even think that the MSM is talking about the obstruction in the Senate and the legislation that has passed the Dem House and is being held up.

[ismnotwasm]

4. I mean..

Where do you get your information?

[Hoyt]

8. What legislation has House passed? I honestly don't know, but don't think we have

passed say a Comprehensive Healthcare Bill and forwarded it to Senate for them to go on record as voting it down or refusing to take it up.

Have we forwarded a House Bill to shore up Social Security and Medicare? Similarly, forcing them to refuse to take it up or vote it down.

Have we passed actions to limit trump's power to impose tariffs, threaten foreign countries, and the like?


Hopefully we have, and I just missed it. If not, I think we should.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. That info is easy to find:

https://docs.house.gov/floor/

[Hoyt]

13. I looked at that earlier, didn't see any major Healthcare, Social Security, Medicare, etc., bills.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. They might not be introducing them yet for strategic reasons -

it might be better to do that closer to the election, where they can use Turtle Boy's intransigent failure to move those bills to the Senate as a campaign issue. That's what I'd do, anyhow.

[Hoyt]

19. They are spending too much time on Impeachment, IMO.

[ooky]

20. That's possible.

Although I really don't see why waiting is an advantage. It might give McConnell an excuse for not acting. Personally I would just go ahead and vote on them and get them on the table.

[Sugarcoated]

21. The average person isn't going to go to Docs.house.gov

The average person isn't watching or listening to cable news or reading Washington Post articles. We really do need to have a media strategy like the Republicans or they win the message.

[ooky]

12. Our legislation needs more public visibility, for sure. I don't know the best way to accomplish

that but it needs to be high on our list of priorities to get it out there where all voters can see it. The House democrats legislation on major issues like health care, Medicare, social security, federal income tax, etc. receives very little to no attention in the M$M. Taking action against Trump tariffs is needed right now.

M$M is sucking up all the oxygen on "impeach vs. not impeach". Our legislative efforts are buried under it in the television media.

[Hoyt]

14. Seems to me, forwarding some major Healthcare, etc., legislation to Senate, would help.

[ooky]

15. Absolutely.

I am sure it is one of the big reasons we were elected to the House majority in 2018.

[global1]

16. Here's A List I've Copied From Another Post Here On DU.....

Health care
HR 259 — Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019
House Resolution 271 — Condemning the Trump Administration’s Legal Campaign to Take Away Americans’ Health Care
HR 986 — Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019
HR 987 — Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act
HR 1520, the Purple Book Continuity Act (bill aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs)
HR 1503, the Orange Book Transparency Act of 2019 (bill aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs)
Civil rights
HR 1 — For the People Act of 2019
HR 5 — Equality Act
HR 7 — Paycheck Fairness Act
HR 124 — Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by openly transgender individuals
Gun control
HR 8 — Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
HR 1112 — Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
Environment
HR 9 — Climate Action Now Act
HR 1331 — Local Water Protection Act
S 47 — National Resources Management Act
HR 2578 — National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019
Military/foreign affairs
HR 840 — Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act
HJ Res. 37 — Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress
SJ Res. 7 — To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress
HR 31 — Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019
HJ Res. 30 — Disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation
Mueller report
H.Con.Res. 24 — Expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Mueller should be made available to the public and to Congress.
Other legislation
HR 1585 — Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
HR 1500 — Consumers First Act
HR 1994 — SECURE Act
HR 1644 — Save the Internet Act of 2019
HR 2157 — Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
HR 269 — Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019
HR 251 — Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act
S 24 — Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019
HR 430 — TANF Extension Act of 2019
Concurring in the Senate Amendments to HR 251 — Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard Program Extension Act
HR 790 — Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019
HJ Res. 46 — Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019
H Res. 183 — Condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values and aspirations that define the people of the United States and condemning anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contrary to the values and aspirations of the United States, as amended
H Res. 194 — Rule Providing for Consideration of H.R. 1644 and H.R. 2021
HR 2480 — Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
HR 375 — To amend the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes (also known as the “Carcieri Fix”)
Votes to end the government shutdown
HR 21 — Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes
HJ Res. 1 — Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes
HR 265 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
HR 267 — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
HR 266 — Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
HR 268 — Disaster Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 (Disaster Supplemental and short-term continuing resolution through Feb. 8)
HR 264 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act
HJ Res. 28 — Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Short-term continuing resolution through Feb. 28)
HR 648 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Six conferenced bills minibus)
HJ Res. 31 — Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019 (Short-term homeland continuing resolution through Feb. 28)
Conference Report to Accompany HJ Res 31 – Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes

[Hoyt]

22. Thanks. There is some good legislation. I still would like to see MAJOR Healthcare, SS, Medicare,

tax, etc., legislation sent to Senate. But, your list does make me feel better.

[Initech]

10. The best way to stop a troll is to not feed them in the first place.

Just ignore them and do the job that you're supposed to do. That gets results!

[standingtall]

11. What the house is getting done is stopping Trump and republicans from doing all the toxic crap

they want to do like taking healthcare away. That should be the message not that we passed bunch of legislation that has no chance of becoming law. What the house is getting done is stopping bad legislation.