Wha is the last REALLY GOOD thing that Democrats in DC have done for you?

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[babylonsister]

1. Won in 06, or so I thought. nt

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7. Did they do that for you or did you do that for them?

[DaveinMD]

2. stopped Bush

from completely destroying Social Security. Passed an increase in the minimum wage and passed a lot of other good things that have been blocked by Republicans in the Senate.

[rwheeler31]

6. Gave me hope

we will have an America with a justice system that works.

[TomInTib]

3. Maybe the Civil Rights Act of '64.

And I am Caucasian.

So I guess pretty much nuthin'.

[onenote]

8. Your could use a brush up lesson in history

The Civil Rights of 1964 can hardly be called a Democratic piece of legislation. It was truly bi-partisan. The vote in favor the bill in the House was 135-34 on the repub side and 152-96 on the Dem side. Similarly, in the Senate, the vote to pass the bill was 73/27, with 21 of the 27 no votes cast by Democrats. Assuredly, most of the no votes were cast by Southern Democrats who soon would become repubs, but the fact is that if it hadn't been for cooperation by repub leaders such as Dirksen, the bill wouldn't have passed.

There are plenty of better examples. I'll start with the votes that ultimately created the pressure to end the US involvement in Vietnam (even if they didn't pass). More recently, I'd say the Democrats "gave" us a lot simply by preventing repub proposals from moving forward, including a ban on gay marriage and a flag burning amendment. THere are plenty of other examples.

[TomInTib]

9. The Dems gave me 39 months in SE Asia.

Gay mariage and flag burning?

I don't participate in either one of those.

But I do know Bill Clinton.

Does that count?

[southerncrone]

14. Only if you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night!

:evilgrin:

[TomInTib]

15. Hah!! nt

[jobycom]

4. The last person I heard ask that question was Karl Rove. nt

[rucky]

5. Well, there was this one intern I met last time I was there...

oh, you mean politically.

[Warren Stupidity]

10. Jimmy Carter pardoned all of us resistors.

As far as I can remember that was the last good thing.

[KharmaTrain]

11. Try This List

The College Cost Reduction Act - H.R. 2669

Homeland Security Appropriations - H.R. 2638
State-Foreign Operations Appropriations - H.R. 2764
Interior-Environment Appropriations - H.R. 2643
The Energy Price Gouging Act – H.R. 1252
The No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act - H.R. 2264
FY 2008 Defense Authorization Bill - H.R. 1585
FY 2008 Homeland Security Authorization - H.R. 1684
Hate Crimes Prevention Act – H.R. 1592
D.C. Voting Rights Act – H.R. 1905
Rail and Mass Transit Security Act - H.R. 1401
Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 - H.R. 1255
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007 - H.R. 985
Reauthorizing Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund - H.R. 720
Employee Free Choice Act - H.R. 800
Requiring Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prescription Drug Prices - H.R. 4


All passed by the House in the last 9 months and held up by the Repugnican in the Senate. Sorry if your pet cause isn't in there. Maybe a Repugnican majority would be better for you.

[never_get_over_it]

12. Representative Delahunt D-MA

saved me from getting hit by a car.

True story I was up on the hill during the Clinton impeachment debacle and saw him on the street - I was telling him how pleased I was with the Dems on the judiciary committee - thanking him etc etc etc - not paying attention and was about to get in the way of an on coming car and he grabbed me and pulled me out of the way....

[southerncrone]

13. Increase minimum wage.