Congress Goes into Break with Some Accomplishments

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The current buzz is that this Congress hasn't accomplished anything, but harassing the White House. Frankly, for me, that is an accomplishment! The last Congress was such a suck-up rubber stamp for the White House, it turned my stomach. Anyway, if you're wondering what Congress managed to accomplish in its first 6-7 months, take a look

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"We have made more progress in the last seven days than previous congresses made in the last seven years," Democratic leaders boasted about the spurt of legislation that passed in the final days.

Some nonpartisan observers agreed Democrats had reason to boast.

"Democrats have had a good run legislatively over the past few weeks and that does help them going into the recess," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

That would be welcome news for a Congress that this year has seen its public approval ratings dip even below Bush's chronically low polling. A Pew Research Center survey released on Thursday said Bush scored a 29 percent approval rating, while Democratic leaders were at a similarly lethargic 33 percent.

Even though those poor ratings do not necessarily translate into public support for Republican lawmakers, Democrats will have their work cut out for them, trying to convince voters back home that they have responded to last November's call for change.
And they will face another challenge when they return from recess in early September when the future of the Iraq war will again take center stage with a mid-September progress report to Congress.

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