Always refreshing to see a congressman forget how congress works and blame it on the president.

"I'm sorry, but you are President of the damn United States of America. You have to do what is right for the country and not worry about the political ramifications I don't understand how our government works and I deify the office of the president"

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110221/

There are 435 Representatives and 100 Senators all together there are 535 members of Congress. The Legislative branch, writes laws on a bill. So they can be sent to the senator then to the Representatives and finally to the President. Who can veto or sign it.

Did you know...

1. The Legislative Branch writes the bills.
2. There are two groups of the Legislative Branch
3. There are 100 senators and 435 representatives, a total of 535.
4. When the bill is written they need a simple majority to make it a law
5. When the representatives and senators meet together they are called the congress.
6. A senator serves 6 years.
7. A representative serves 2 years.
8. The Constitution got started in 1787.
9. The first ten Amendments are called The Bill of Rights
10.A bill has to go through the Congress to get to the President

/really Congress, do you need a refresher course here?

He's right, but he's only saying that because he wants to get something done for his district so that he'll get reelected.

Obama is responsible for ALL THE THINGS

He's the damn dictator! Why doesn't he dictate!?

hillbillypharmacist: Obama is responsible for ALL THE THINGS

Even...that thing?

Codenamechaz: Even...that thing?

Especially that one.

James!: He's the damn dictator! Why doesn't he dictate!?

He's the most do nothing ineffectual tyrannical nazi socialist communist muslim ever to usurp the white house.

Calm down, Congressman.

Your vitriol is misplaced.

WAAH the President won't do my job and write a bill for me.

That's the next thing on his To-Do List, right after closing down Guantanamo.

DarthBrooks: That's the next thing on his To-Do List, right after closing down Guantanamo.

Why hasn't he done that despite the total opposition from both sides of congress? And all the states that refused to house those prisoners, why didn't he just force them to?

Codenamechaz: James!: He's the damn dictator! Why doesn't he dictate!?

He's the most do nothing ineffectual tyrannical nazi socialist communist muslim ever to usurp the white house.

You forgot Kenya.

Congress = 435 whiny pussies who blame the president for not doing Congress's job.

STFU and get to work! Can't say GBTW because he obviously hasn't been doing any to get back to.

Partisan sour grapes. There's no way to fix the problem, and when it comes to re-inflating the housing bubble, none of the things the President and last Congress tried worked as they were supposed to. The only place where housing has really settled is inside the Beltway. Why is that, Mr. Cardoza?

FTFA: Of the 11 million homes that are underwater, fewer than 900,000 have opted to get help through the program since it was rolled out in 2009 - falling far short of its goal of several million.

I've seen this sort of thing brought up again and again in regards to the housing crisis. You would think people would be scrambling to take advantage of these things. But you can't force people to help themselves. How is that the President's fault, regardless of who the President is?

I bet he wonders why Congress has a 9 percent approval rating.

sweetmelissa31: He's right, but he's only saying that because he wants to get something done for his district so that he'll get reelected.

Except TFA says he is retiring at the end of his term, partly out of frustration about the government's apathy in dealing with the housing crisis.

Looks like "President" Bleary Sombrero Fartbamao Tse-dung, Wizard of Uhhs has failed America... again.

Somacandra: You would think people would be scrambling to take advantage of these things.

After you get through the mountain of paperwork, the success rate for permanent modification is still not great. So, many people just blow it off. Take the short sale, take the foreclosure. Deal with the mark on the credit report for a few years, and be done with it. The banks, in many cases, are legally-prohibited from renegotiating the terms of the bond; Grandpa owns it, and he's going to get his promised return.

FTFA: He introduced the Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act (HOME) several months after Obama won the 2008 election and says he had the measure "waiting on Obama's desk when he came to office." That bill was designed to allow all homeowners, regardless of their equity status, to take advantage of low interest rates. It would have used the federal government's conservatorship and the backing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages to secure the current low market rates for longer 40-year fixed terms. Cardoza contended it would help 30 million struggling homeowners.

I think I see why no one wants to touch it, chief.

sweetmelissa31: He's right, but he's only saying that because he wants to get something done for his district so that he'll get reelected.

I thought he was only saying it because "President" Biplex Hophophop Insero Obaro is the liberalest lib-u-lardo that ever libbed?

the funny thing is, obama has consistently done this. the stimulus, the healthcare act, the middle-class tax cut, the bin laden raid. in all these cases, he's done what he's felt was right - or attainable - rather than what's politically expedient.

Somacandra: FTFA: He introduced the Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act (HOME) several months after Obama won the 2008 election and says he had the measure "waiting on Obama's desk when he came to office." That bill was designed to allow all homeowners, regardless of their equity status, to take advantage of low interest rates. It would have used the federal government's conservatorship and the backing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages to secure the current low market rates for longer 40-year fixed terms. Cardoza contended it would help 30 million struggling homeowners.

I think I see why no one wants to touch it, chief.

So his bill would have used mortgages...from two of the players that helped caused the housing crisis?

BRILLIANT!

Codenamechaz: So his bill would have used mortgages...from two of the players that helped caused the housing crisis?

DerpProogress citation firestorm commencing in three, two....

Expand available money, claim coming shortage in supply, watch prices skyrocket. You can't explain that.

Freddie and Fannie do deserve part of the blame, no doubt. So do the private investment houses. But, more than that, the blame goes back other Federal policies that created the environment. Easier, more progressive, not to look at those things.

/facepalm

Somacandra: How is that the President's fault, regardless of who the President is?

Socialism.

FTFA: "The housing crisis is our economic cancer," Cardoza told The Fiscal Times during a recent interview in his office. "Until we fix that, cure that ailment, provide the right chemotherapy or radiation, we are not going to get out of the economic crisis that we are in. The president has been putting Band-Aids on the housing market instead of fixing the root cause."

The problem is depressed prices, caused by lack of demand (caused by lack of speculators, but that's another issue...). Expressed differently, low prices are a result of oversupply.

Therefore, the President should work on ways to reduce supply in California's central valley.

Ergo, bomb Fresno. That sounds like the kind of plan we can all get behind.

pwhp_67: Meanwhile, no-tax obstructionist Republicans in Congress can keep farking everything up and being shiatheads...

Meanwhile, no-spending cut obstructionist Democrats in the Senate can keep farking everything up and being shiatheads.

It isn't just his fault. Most Americans think the president is some sort of King who can rule by proclamation. He wouldn't passing the blame if there weren't people dumb enough to believe it.

pwhp_67: Sure, they can - but they're not. Which is an important distinction between the two parties

Spare me. Harry Reid tables everything coming from the House. That assmunch can't even come up with a budget..in years. Spend spend spend spend. Five TRILLION in just 4 years. Impressive.

This guy is supposedly a Blue Dog. And he is whining because Obama didn't deliver enough free government money to make him happy?

Hero tag?

Oh, that's right. We don't have a 'moran' tag.

Codenamechaz: Always refreshing to see a congressman forget how congress works and blame it on the president.

is he up for re-election soon?

Weaver95: Codenamechaz: Always refreshing to see a congressman forget how congress works and blame it on the president.

is he up for re-election soon?

Retiring after this session of congress.

He's too fed up with the president not doing congress's job to pass his one bill.

Somacandra: FTFA: Of the 11 million homes that are underwater, fewer than 900,000 have opted to get help through the program since it was rolled out in 2009 - falling far short of its goal of several million.

I've seen this sort of thing brought up again and again in regards to the housing crisis. You would think people would be scrambling to take advantage of these things. But you can't force people to help themselves. How is that the President's fault, regardless of who the President is?

.....
I have tried three times to redo my mortgage. Every time I failed. Twice, an out-and-out rejection; the third time, an exorbitant up-front fee was required.

Just this month, my mortgage was sold to YET ANOTHER COMPANY. Soooo, here we f*ckin.go.

AGAIN.

Codenamechaz: Always refreshing to see a congressman forget how congress works and blame it on the president.

Wait, this quote was from a Congressman? Jesus.

He had a few scant months of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and he decided to splurge on HCR. I'm OK with that. Every other time has been pretty much defunct with the GOP blocking everything.

Lumpmoose: He had a few scant months of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and he decided to splurge on HCR. I'm OK with that. Every other time has been pretty much defunct with the GOP blocking everything.



How soon we forget.

Damn United States of America!

Codenamechaz: Always refreshing to see a congressman forget how congress works and blame it on the president.

I agree. So, why do the liberals want to blame Bush for everything that has happened in the last 10 years.

DamnYankees: Codenamechaz: Always refreshing to see a congressman forget how congress works and blame it on the president.

Wait, this quote was from a Congressman? Jesus.

Yeah. A member of Congress is actually biatching that the President isn't dictating exactly what Congress should do.