The 113th Congress is on track to pass fewer bills than any Congress since the clerk's office started keeping count back in the mid-1940s. Last week, when a reporter asked Mr. Boehner about the lack of progress under his leadership, he snapped "That's just total nonsense."
On Face the Nation this past Sunday, Mr. Boehner was asked basically the same question. His response indicated that he is proud of his non-productive leadership: "(Congress) should not be judged on how many new laws we create, (we) should be judged on how many laws we repeal."
what eye thynk: As one pundit said on Monday, "The House Speaker is on his way to establishing an accomplishment-free legacy, and at this point, he'd like you to think that's great...House Republicans not only don't have a positive policy agenda, they don't even see the point in pretending to want one."
It should be noted, that if we go along with Mr. Boehner's passing-nothing-is-a-sign-of-success philosophy and rate the 113th Congress by "how many laws (they) repeal", then they are still a failure. Thirty nine attempts to repeal the ACA and it is still the law of the land, as is Dodd-Frank.
And, just in case you think Congress may be working too hard, they will be taking a four week break in August. Upon their return, they are scheduled to be in session an exhausting total of nine days in the month of September when they will have to face languishing immigration reform and another looming federal budget crisis; but, no worries, they have reserved one of those nine days for an important vote to repeal the ACA.
Mr. Boehner's proud legacy appears to be safe.
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