And Obama is blaming the Republicans for the fiscal cliff. He says they will be responsible for the "middle class" getting higher taxes because they won't support raising taxes on a few that will do nothing to help the budget. Why is no one telling us that it is Obama who will be responsible for the tax increase because he absolutely must punish the wealthy for being wealthy. Class warfare at it's finest. If taxes go up, it wil be solely the result of Obama's do as I say or I'll bury you mentality. He will cause misery for the very people he pretends to care about because he is unwilling to compromise on anything. Go ahead libs, tell me anything your Community Organizer has compromised on.

If you don't like the fact that hardly any bills were passed by this Congress blame both parties. The Hous passed a budget every year Republicians have been in control, yet the Senate (controlled by democrats) never allow the bills to come up for debate or a vote. Same with many jobs bills passed by the House. You democrats may not like any of the bills passed by Republicans in the House, but at least they passed legislation. The Senate has sat on its colective democrat ass for 2 years & done nothing.

*cough* who elects congress members *cough* remember when SOPA and PIPA where up for vote and the amount of people that wrote their representitives and told them to stop. WRITE YOUR REPRESENTITIVES! Demand the people we elected do their job! I dont care if you agree with legislation or not but make them vote. put our representitives on record as voting yes or no for legislation so we can vote them out if they do not follow our wishes. stop the fillibuster stall tactic, VOTE and show your true colors. the people that voted for republicans want them to vote NO, not just sit their and prevent government from working. Democrats want government to function at a time when the U.S. is facing some of the biggest challenges it has in 80 years. write your representitives please, become part of the process, dont just cry about it, get involved and hold people accountable.

On another topic, but related to politics... It is no wonder so many people are misinformed or confused about what is actually going on with th eeconomy, when you read how the news is reported online.

I just read two articles about the economy, and if you read the headlines, they both paint a rosy or promising picture that makes it seem like things are improving, but when you read the articles in full, you realize that it is totally the opposite.

For example, the headline of one reads GDP up 2.7% in Third quarter, but then in reading the article, it shows that housing figures were downgraded, consumer spending has lowered, thereby making the headline a bit a porkie pie as my English friends are fond of saying.

Next headline....Jobless claims fall for second straight week. Headline looks promising. In reading the article, it goes on to mention that the prior weeks numbers were actually adjusted upward (which will no doubt happen to this weeks figures) and goes on to mention that the four week moving average increased by 7,500.

When you have news stories that put forth this kind of information, it is clear to see why so many are confused as to what is really going on.

"Least productive," "Do nothing 2," yes it all fits due to gross incompetence and ineptness on the part of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell.

If we hate Congress so much why do we keep voting the same idiots back in to office? Are we that dependant on name recognition and completely lack independent thought?

We need to cut off their salaries just like in any other business. If you don't do your job, you will not get paid and they should lose all of their benifits. Fire them all and start over. We will never miss any of them!

There's 535 people that hold our future in their hands.

They are all being influenced by lobbyists and special interest groups who do not hold the same values as the tax paying public.

Obviously we need to break that connection (ok it's a wish)

We should hold their salaries and perks dependent on the economy, social welfare of the constituents, gdp as well as the unemployment numbers tied directly to their pay...If were doing @!$%#ty so are they.

If were dooing great well they get paid good.

Sounds tooo simple.

You'd think being the worst (congress, movie, commericial, product) ever, would make one want to improve their reputation!

If I was the worst employee at my office, I'd expect the ax to fall.

Those people unwilling to work well with others, should be fired!

Congress and past Presidents did little about illegal immigration, with the result we have now around 12.5 million, give or take a few million, of illegal immigrants. For the most part, states are stuck with medical care, education, transportation, infrastructure costs, etc and many states are close to broke. Congress failed to pass a budget the past 4 years. BOTH parties raided Social Security by paying other things with the money, while leaving worthless I.O.U.s. "Affordable" Health Care (Act) is not affordable, and will result in fewer doctors taking Medicare patients, and by taking 716 billion out of the program, medical care delivery will suffer, and patients will suffer. The law is grossly flawed and never should have seen the light of day. The real problems are the stupid voters who keep putting these guys and gals in office. Many of the legislative mistakes can be fixed, IF we find some people with a brain and willing to work a solution, but stupid, well, that is between difficult and impossible to fix.

Congress is not by themselves, Obama will go down in history for all the wrong reasons

Does it really matter what Congress does? Those bills need to be passed by the Senate, don't they? And Saint Harry is sitting on his thumb.

Gridlock is good if it keeps Congress from passing laws that further raise taxes and limit freedom. The only time it is bad is when they can't keep tax cuts from expiring. I am all for a congress that can't do more damage to our country than it already has.

The Congress only needs to pass ONE bill per year. A bill that limits and reduces the size, scope, and power of the Federal government down to it's bare Constitutional minimum. Also, perhaps a second bill, that requires every government worker, including Congress and the President, to live by the same laws they all pass....so if they pass an insane Health care law, they have to have that SAME coverage........not that public employee unions want that cheap coverage, since it's not the cadillac coverage they have now of course. We don't need a government as large as we have. There is fraud, deceit, bloated spending and waste in every department. For 100 years, we've had nothing but lazy presidents and congresses who refuse to analyze the budget with a fine tooth comb and eliminate the waste before they ask for more money. This Congress, both the GOP House, the Demo Senate, along with this Demo President are just as lazy if not more so than any in history.

Since Congress and government generally make things worse, this is something to be proud of

In business, if you do nothing, you don't get paid, and usually are shown the door.

Throw all of these 'do nothing' congressman out onto the street. Our founding fathers never envisioned career politicians. They don't deserve any of the perks that they have created for themselves.

I'll give odds of about 310 million to 535 that we can find plenty of people happy and willing to 'work' for less than these jokers even take home, not counting their obscene perks. And only for a 2 year term, with no chance of ever getting re-elected.

What are they thinking? What we need is more bills passed, with more pork that grants more entitlements, that will cost us more tax dollars, that will raise the deficit even more... Cmon congress !! Do the Democratic thing !

The less laws, the better ! more things change, the more messed up this country becomes. Look at homeland security to attest.

And the Dem Senate doesn't want to have anything to do with bills sent to it from the house......Sounds like the word compromise was ripped from DC's dictionary.

I agree with PC Paladin. Number of bills passed is a very poor metric. Fewer but smarter bills could actually do more good and create less harm.

To all the LIbs out there. Every time a law is passed some of our freedom goes away with it. We have been a country since 1776. How many more laws do you think we need? the Congress should be a part time job not A CAREER. A Congress that does less means that they are intruding into our lives less. That would be a positive.

Why do so many seem to think that MORE LAWS are somehow a good thing? Perhaps fewer laws that are better thought-out would be an improvement over a poorly-considered law that has to be tinkered with a half-dozen times to get rid of the unintended consequences.

What does this flood of laws really, truly do for us? It makes lawyers wealthier, since they're the only ones who understand them...since they're also the ones who write them. As a group, not necessarily as individuals. A gang of lawyers write up documents only other lawyers can understand, but make all the rest of us subject to them regardless - and when we complain, we're told ignorance if the law is no excuse. We don't all have sixty and seventy hours a week to spend reading everything DC puts out, so as far as I'm concerned, the LESS they do, the BETTER. I don't care what side of the aisle they sit on, nobody in Congress is out to help you and me, they're out to keep the lawyers in effective control of this nation. Does anyone thing that a sovereign nation can be effectively governed by a group of people who can have an hours-long discussion of what the meaning of the word "is" might be? Or is it better to have people who realize that 22 laws that say the same doggone thing in slightly different ways are not a benefit to the nation, but rather a problem that should be addressed before some otherwise law-abiding citizen finds himself or herself facing years in jail for obeying the law from 3 years ago without realizing another law from 2 years ago effectively reversed the first law.