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Have you ever been to the grocery store and seen a rather bratty child in the checkout lane? Maybe you were that child. You know, the one that begs for a candy bar or pack of gum at the top of their lungs until their face turns purple. They’d rather hang on to the rack of
People magazine and drag it down to the ground than give up on that candy. The same thing is happening in Congress. Senators and Representatives are clutching onto every single provision in every single bill and won’t let go for the life of them.
Most people would be able to guess that a lot of arguing goes on within the chambers of Congress, but what we have going on now is absolutely ridiculous. Political parties have been a problem since the earliest days of Congress. The titles have just changed from “Federalist” and “Anti-Federalist” to “Republican” and “Democrat.” Many parties have come and gone such as the Whigs, Populists, Progressives (or Bull Moosers), and others. However, the political division that we are suffering from today is the worst that any of us has ever seen.
Washington and Capitol Hill are simply crumbling to the ground and they will continue to do so until they lay in a heap of a pathetic attempt at government. Senators are finally getting tired of the constant tug-of-war. In 2010, there have been six retired Republican Senators: George LeMieux (FL), Sam Brownback (KS), Jim Bunning (KY), Kit Bond (MO), Judd Gregg (NH), and George Voinovich (OH). Also, there has been five retired Democratic Senators: Christopher Dodd (CT), Ted Kaufman (DE), Roland Burris (IL), Evan Bayh (IN), and Byron Dorgan (ND). Senators are dropping like flies due to Congress’ lack of progress.
Recently in the news is Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana. Bayh has come out to express his disgust with the Washington games that are plaguing Congress and forcing a stoppage of all things progressive. The Senator stated in his resignation speech that he wasn’t doing it because he disliked serving his constituents. “I love working for the people of Indiana…but I do not love Congress,” said Bayh on Presidents’ Day. Bayh also made attacks at partisanship and the endless battle between red and blue.
I can’t help but agree with Senator Bayh. The two parties in Congress are acting like two children in timeout. Both groups will sit there with their arms folded and tears dribbling down their red faces--unless you’re John Boehner, then your face is clearly self-tanned—and they’ll sit there mad at each other. Finally, when mother (President Obama) comes in to set things straight (in an address to Congress), they will nod their heads sadly and go back to work only to end up fighting about the same things over and over again.