The "do nothing" democratic congress? Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma has placed holds on EIGHTY bills in the senate. The republicans can use various strategies to keep any of these bills from coming to a vote. These are controversial bills like: establishing a national registry for Lou Gehrig's disease, designating new national parks and scenic areas, to expand research for paralysis, and to provide grants for close captioning of broadcasts. If Coburn doesn't like it, he takes it upon himself to stop it rather than letting the congress vote. EIGHTY bills. Can Oklahomans be proud of this guy?

This speaks more and more of the need to have an overwhelmingly democratic senate in order to pass legislation that is good for the country. The GOP has decided that bipartisan means democrats agreeing with them. They don't believe in compromise to move forward on legislation, any legislation. Even when in the minority they have decided to be obstructionists. What horrible people.

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